Homburg Gray

With an LRV of about 15, Homburg Gray absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Homburg Gray in other brands

• Kitty Benjamin Moore 1589 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Pencilpoint Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Stairway to Heaven Vista C-478 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mississippi River Kelly-Moore KM4847-3 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Bottle Green Dulux Australia SG5E6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• BONE MARROW Nippon Paint NP PRO 0515 Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Mink Sherwin-Williams 6004 Gray
• Midnight Sherwin-Williams 6264 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Homburg Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -3.5 and b value of 1.3 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Homburg Gray?

Kitty (1589), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Homburg Gray?

≈ 15. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.