Link Gray

With an LRV of about 21, Link Gray absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Link Gray in other brands

• TVT 1905 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Hempel 13230 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Sweater Weather Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Manuscript Behr PPU8-23 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Wildwood KILZ RL250 Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• Weathered Penny Dulux UK 1977206 Gray Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cornwall Slate Sherwin-Williams 9131 Gray
• Thunderous Sherwin-Williams 6201 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns olive
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Link Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.7 and a value of -1.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Link Gray?

TVT 1905 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Link Gray?

≈ 21. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.