Let it Rain

With an LRV of about 34, Let it Rain 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.

Let it Rain in other brands

• TVT M500 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Silver Chest Dulux Australia SG6C5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Electricity Asian Paints 8256 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Gray Suit Glidden PPG0993-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Steel Grit Nippon Paint NP N 3108T Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Ufo PPG 1011-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Stardew Sherwin-Williams 9138 Light Gray
• Gris Morado Sherwin-Williams 9156 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 olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Let it Rain warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.1 and a value of -1.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Let it Rain?

TVT M500 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Let it Rain?

≈ 34. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.