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Foggy Day

Sherwin-Williams 6235

HEX
#727C7F
RGB
114, 124, 127
LAB
51.3, -3.1, -2.9
LRV
≈ 20
Family
Gray, cool
Nearest RAL
9023 Pearl Dark Grey
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With an LRV of about 20, Foggy Day absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Foggy Day in other brands

  • Ocean Swell Behr PPU25-19 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Garrison Grey Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Rhinoceros Dunn-Edwards DE6327 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
  • BLACK SAND Nippon Paint NP PRO 0519 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
  • Phantom PPG 1036-6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
  • Phantom Glidden PPG1036-6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Foggy Day warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.9 and a value of -3.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Foggy Day?

Ocean Swell (PPU25-19), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Foggy Day?

≈ 20. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.