Moonlit Orchid

With an LRV of about 29, Moonlit Orchid 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.

Moonlit Orchid in other brands

• Mountain Mist Resene Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT L488 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Gray Mask Nerolac 5015 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Cosmopolitan Grey MyPerfectColor MP11464 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Planet Grey Asian Paints K077 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Girgitta Kelly-Moore KM3773-2 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Network Gray Sherwin-Williams 7073 Light Gray
• Cityscape Sherwin-Williams 7067 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Moonlit Orchid warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 1.7 and b value of -1.2 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Resene color to Moonlit Orchid?

Mountain Mist (Resene), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Moonlit Orchid?

≈ 29. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.