Icicle

With an LRV of about 73, Icicle reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Icicle in other brands

• Hazy Shade Nerolac 2968 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Moondance Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Bungalow Tikkurila G500 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Blown Away Nippon Paint NP PB 2915P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Heirloom Silver Kelly-Moore KM3786-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Swiss White Glidden 30BG 72/017 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Extra White Sherwin-Williams 7006 White
• Passive Sherwin-Williams 7064 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Icicle warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.2 and b value of -1.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Icicle?

Hazy Shade (2968), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Icicle?

≈ 73. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.