Hinting Blue

With an LRV of about 68, Hinting Blue 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.

Hinting Blue in other brands

• Clear To See Kelly-Moore KM3802-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Cumberland Fog Behr 560E-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Clear to See Vista K-806 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Hempel 34040 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Billowing Clouds Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT Q455 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Marshmallow Sherwin-Williams 7001 White
• Comfort Gray Sherwin-Williams 6205 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Hinting Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.3 and a value of -2.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Hinting Blue?

Clear To See (KM3802-1), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Hinting Blue?

≈ 68. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.