Monorail Silver

With an LRV of about 50, Monorail Silver 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.

Monorail Silver in other brands

• TVT K496 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Marseilles Vista C-524 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• French Silver Behr PPU18-05 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Marseilles Hallman Lindsay 525 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Mischief Mouse Kelly-Moore KM4893-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Dusty Morning Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• North Star Sherwin-Williams 6246 Light Gray
• Gris Sherwin-Williams 7659 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Monorail Silver warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.6 and b value of 0.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Monorail Silver?

TVT K496 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Monorail Silver?

≈ 50. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.