Pearl Gray

With an LRV of about 61, Pearl Gray 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.

Pearl Gray in other brands

• Silhouette Dunn-Edwards DE6276 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Washed Green Kelly-Moore KM4808-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sea Smoke Tikkurila X447 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Heath Gray Behr N380-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Manchester Pratt & Lambert 29-27 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Frivolous Folly Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Heron Plume Sherwin-Williams 6070 Light Gray
• Imagine Sherwin-Williams 6009 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Pearl Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.1 and a value of -2.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Pearl Gray?

Silhouette (DE6276), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Pearl Gray?

≈ 61. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.