Gray Clouds

With an LRV of about 47, Gray Clouds 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.

Gray Clouds in other brands

• Sonic Silver Behr HDC-MD-26 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Platinum Plate Vista K-820 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Mud Pots Kelly-Moore KM4900-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Fort Wall Berger Paints 8T2685 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Silver Grey Asian Paints 0615 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Hempel 10500 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sensitive Tint Sherwin-Williams 6267 Light Gray
• Network Gray Sherwin-Williams 7073 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 Gray Clouds warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.9 and b value of 2.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Behr color to Gray Clouds?

Sonic Silver (HDC-MD-26), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gray Clouds?

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