Icy

With an LRV of about 56, Icy 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.

Icy in other brands

• Instinct Benjamin Moore AF-575 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Blue Glaze Crown N7550T Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Twin Crystal Plascon B3-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Mild Wind Blue Glidden 70BG 56/061 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Melody Behr UL240-14 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Blue Dolphin PPG 1041-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rhythmic Blue Sherwin-Williams 6806 Light Gray
• Windy Blue Sherwin-Williams 6240 Grayish Blue

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 Icy warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.9 and a value of -1.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Icy?

Instinct (AF-575), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Icy?

≈ 56. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.