Imagine

With an LRV of about 48, Imagine 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.

Imagine in other brands

• Luxurious PPG 18-04 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Luxurious Glidden PPG18-04 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Nebulous Dulux Australia S06B2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• TVT Q880 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Victorian Benjamin Moore 2114-50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Rose 5 Caparol 3D Rose 5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tradewind Sherwin-Williams 6218 Light Gray
• Unusual Gray Sherwin-Williams 7059 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Imagine warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 4.3 and b value of 1.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest PPG color to Imagine?

Luxurious (18-04), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Imagine?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.