Open Air

With an LRV of about 70, Open Air reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Open Air in other brands

• K7680U Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Inky Pool 6 Dulux UK 1186827 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dante Peak Half Dulux Australia S29C1H Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.6
• Carribean Cruise Nippon Paint NP BGG 2799P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sitka Nerolac 2459 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Lagoon Green Glidden 90GG 74/092 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Snowdrop Sherwin-Williams 6511 White
• Rain Sherwin-Williams 6219 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Open Air warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.2 and a value of -7.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Open Air?

K7680U (Crown), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Open Air?

≈ 70. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.