Functional Gray

With an LRV of about 37, Functional 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.

Functional Gray in other brands

• Warm Gray Flannel Kelly-Moore KM4929-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Palazzo 40 Caparol 3D Palazzo 40 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Wild Mushroom Asian Paints 8472 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Stepping Stone Berger Paints 8T3015 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Ancient Ruin Dulux Australia SN3E6 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Riveter Rose Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Mindful Gray Sherwin-Williams 7016 Light Gray
• Coquina Sherwin-Williams 9158 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 Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Functional Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.7 and a value of 1.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Functional Gray?

Warm Gray Flannel (KM4929-2), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Functional Gray?

≈ 37. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.