Essential Gray

With an LRV of about 48, Essential Gray is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Essential Gray in other brands

• Hushed Tone Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Painted Desert Dulux Australia S06A2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Crusader Nippon Paint NP N 3019P Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Smooth Stone Kelly-Moore KM4920-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• North Island Hallman Lindsay 552 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hempel 12480 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Passive Sherwin-Williams 7064 Light Gray
• Network Gray Sherwin-Williams 7073 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Essential Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 1.0 and b value of 1.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Essential Gray?

Hushed Tone (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Essential Gray?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.