Mediterranean

With an LRV of about 18, Mediterranean 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.

Mediterranean in other brands

• Bluegrass C2 Paint C2-728 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mineral Spring Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Nijo Castle Stone MyPerfectColor MP15212 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Crater Lake Behr BXC-81 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Love Pat Dulux Australia SG5D5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Sea Lyric Plascon G7-D1-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Mountain Stream Sherwin-Williams 7612 Grayish Blue
• Still Water Sherwin-Williams 6223 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Mediterranean warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.2 and a value of -8.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Mediterranean?

Bluegrass (C2-728), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mediterranean?

≈ 18. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.