Network Gray

With an LRV of about 37, Network 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.

Network Gray in other brands

• Cold Flint Asian Paints 8289 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Iron Wood Behr ECC-33-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cold Steel Vista K-812 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Baby Seal Dunn-Edwards DE6361 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Cigar Smoke Nerolac 5016 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Summer Storm Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Ponder Sherwin-Williams 7079 Light Gray
• Moonlit Orchid Sherwin-Williams 9153 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 Network Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.4 and b value of -1.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Network Gray?

Cold Flint (8289), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Network Gray?

≈ 37. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.