Intellectual Gray

With an LRV of about 36, Intellectual Gray 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.

Intellectual Gray in other brands

• Grey Port Dulux Australia SN3A5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Jackal Behr T12-12 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• River Benjamin Moore 1552 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Toasted Beige Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Drifting Sand Vista C-217 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Wood Shadow Hallman Lindsay 205 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Analytical Gray Sherwin-Williams 7051 Beige
• Studio Clay Sherwin-Williams 9172 Olive

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• 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 Intellectual Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.8 and a value of 0.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Intellectual Gray?

Grey Port (SN3A5), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Intellectual Gray?

≈ 36. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.