Krypton

With an LRV of about 52, Krypton 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.

Krypton in other brands

• Skyline Steel Behr 750E-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gray Frost Glidden PPG1012-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gray Frost PPG 1012-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Train Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Silver Pony Dulux Australia SG6C2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT Q861 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Lullaby Sherwin-Williams 9136 Light Gray
• Morning Fog Sherwin-Williams 6255 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Krypton warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.5 and a value of -2.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Krypton?

Skyline Steel (750E-3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Krypton?

≈ 52. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.