Gray Matters

With an LRV of about 39, Gray Matters 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 Matters in other brands

• Pavement C2 Paint C2-988 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Platinum Benjamin Moore HC-179 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Great Graphite Behr PPU24-18 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Wet Pavement Valspar 5006-2A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT Q821 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Silver Dollar Stencil Pratt & Lambert CL041 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Argos Sherwin-Williams 7065 Light Gray
• Steely Gray Sherwin-Williams 7664 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gray Matters warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.5 and b value of 3.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Gray Matters?

Pavement (C2-988), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gray Matters?

≈ 39. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.