Gossamer Veil

With an LRV of about 62, Gossamer Veil reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Gossamer Veil in other brands

• Collingwood Benjamin Moore 859 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Miner's Dust Dunn-Edwards DEC786 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Whiskers PPG 1025-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Whiskers Glidden PPG1025-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Chiffon Grey Jotun 12310 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cotton Grey Behr HDC-NT-20 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• White Heron Sherwin-Williams 7627 Light Gray
• Studio Mauve Sherwin-Williams 62 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 Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gossamer Veil warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.6 and a value of 0.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Gossamer Veil?

Collingwood (859), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gossamer Veil?

≈ 62. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.