Folkstone

With an LRV of about 13, Folkstone 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.

Folkstone in other brands

• Country Hearth Berger Paints 8D1727 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Midnight Runner Nippon Paint NP N 3399D Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Rubble Road Dulux UK 2440854 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Puur Veen Flexa Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Chocolate Pudding Dunn-Edwards DE6390 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Ash Bark Asian Paints K072 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Special Gray Sherwin-Williams 6277 Gray
• Thunder Gray Sherwin-Williams 7645 Gray

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 brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Folkstone warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 2.6 and b value of 2.8 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Folkstone?

Country Hearth (8D1727), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Folkstone?

≈ 13. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.