Knitting Needles

With an LRV of about 53, Knitting Needles 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.

Knitting Needles in other brands

• Portland Cement MyPerfectColor MP543 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Smoke Benjamin Moore 1466 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Jura 50 Caparol 3D Jura 50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gray Pearl Dunn-Edwards DEC795 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sugared Bronze KILZ RK140 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• A9530C Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Silver Peony Sherwin-Williams 6547 Light Gray
• Uncertain Gray Sherwin-Williams 6234 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 Knitting Needles warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 2.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Knitting Needles?

Portland Cement (MP543), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Knitting Needles?

≈ 53. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.