Outerspace

With an LRV of about 12, Outerspace 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.

Outerspace in other brands

• Calligraphy Behr N490-6 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Blue Lake Vista K-793 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• SADACHBIA Nippon Paint NP PRO 0525 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Drive Time Dulux Australia SG6G6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Silent Night Asian Paints 8254 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Arctis 5 Caparol 3D Arctis 5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Exclusive Plum Sherwin-Williams 6263 Gray
• Shade‐Grown Sherwin-Williams 6188 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Outerspace warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.2 and a value of -1.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Outerspace?

Calligraphy (N490-6), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Outerspace?

≈ 12. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.