North Star

With an LRV of about 62, North Star reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

North Star in other brands

• Elemental Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• M6610G Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Pinnacle Gray Nippon Paint NP N 3069P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Marble Gray Nerolac 5051 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT H492 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Iets Grind Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Quicksilver Sherwin-Williams 6245 Light Gray
• Samovar Silver Sherwin-Williams 6233 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 North Star warm or cool?

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

What is the closest Johnstone's color to North Star?

Elemental (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of North Star?

≈ 62. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.