French Moire

With an LRV of about 47, French Moire 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.

French Moire in other brands

• Powick Dulux Australia SG5D2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• AZURE TURQUOISE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0433 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cape Benjamin Moore 1642 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Key Largo Bay Glidden 30BG 49/101 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Scuba Dive Berger Paints 8T2637 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Clear Vista Behr PPU13-11 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Stream Sherwin-Williams 6499 Grayish Blue
• Powder Blue Sherwin-Williams 2863 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is French Moire warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.2 and a value of -7.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to French Moire?

Powick (SG5D2), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of French Moire?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.