Mindful Gray

With an LRV of about 48, Mindful 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.

Mindful Gray in other brands

• Ghost Writer PPG 1007-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Ghost Writer Glidden PPG1007-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Glasgow Fog Behr HDC-NT-06G Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Comfort Grey Jotun 12078 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Midhirst Half Dulux Australia NZ9D4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• B9460G Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rainwashed Sherwin-Williams 6211 Light Gray
• Functional Gray Sherwin-Williams 7024 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 Mindful Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.7 and a value of 0.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Mindful Gray?

Ghost Writer (1007-3), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mindful Gray?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.