Green Onyx

With an LRV of about 31, Green Onyx 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.

Green Onyx in other brands

• Lilypad C2 Paint C2-683 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Wainscot Green Hallman Lindsay historic-wainscot-green Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Milkweed Pod Behr S380-5 Green Very close ΔE 1.2
• Gundaroo Green Dulux Australia S19B4 Green Very close ΔE 1.2
• Battle Harbor Dunn-Edwards DE6257 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3
• Wainscot Green Vista C-1397 Beige Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Clary Sage Sherwin-Williams 6178 Beige
• Artichoke Sherwin-Williams 6179 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Green Onyx warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.4 and a value of -5.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Green Onyx?

Lilypad (C2-683), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Green Onyx?

≈ 31. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.