Magnetic Gray

With an LRV of about 46, Magnetic Gray 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.

Magnetic Gray in other brands

• Silver Spoon Nerolac 4986 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Minnow Pratt & Lambert 28-25 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Dusty Miller Glidden 50GY 45/037 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Folkstone Nippon Paint NP N 2028P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Metal .03 Colorhouse Metal-03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Half Dome Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tinsmith Sherwin-Williams 7657 Light Gray
• Stamped Concrete Sherwin-Williams 7655 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Magnetic Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.2 and b value of 2.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Magnetic Gray?

Silver Spoon (4986), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Magnetic Gray?

≈ 46. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.