Hazel

With an LRV of about 50, Hazel 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.

Hazel in other brands

• Folk Tales Kelly-Moore KM5069-2 Green Very close ΔE 0.4
• Salty Brine C2 Paint C2-701 Green Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sea Of Solitude Johnstone's Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Seasprite Green Met. MyPerfectColor MP23436 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.2
• Plunge Vista C-700 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.3
• Plunge Hallman Lindsay 701 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Waterscape Sherwin-Williams 6470 Light Green
• Vintage Vessel Sherwin-Williams 9050 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Hazel warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of 2.2 and a value of -10.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Hazel?

Folk Tales (KM5069-2), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Hazel?

≈ 50. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.