Light French Gray

With an LRV of about 53, Light French Gray 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.

Light French Gray in other brands

• Smoke Benjamin Moore 1466 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Portland Cement MyPerfectColor MP543 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sugared Bronze KILZ RK140 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gray Pearl Dunn-Edwards DEC795 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Noble Gray Behr HDC-WR15-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Jura 50 Caparol 3D Jura 50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Light French Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 2.8 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Light French Gray?

Smoke (1466), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Light French Gray?

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