Polished Concrete

With an LRV of about 32, Polished Concrete 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.

Polished Concrete in other brands

• Soft Fur Nerolac 4537 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bleached Shadow Valspar 4002-1C Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• IKEA168 IKEA Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Ferro 35 Caparol 3D Ferro 35 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pebble Art Berger Paints 8T2717 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Timber Wolf MyPerfectColor MP7024 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Beguiling Mauve Sherwin-Williams 6269 Light Gray
• Classic French Gray Sherwin-Williams 77 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Polished Concrete warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 1.8 and b value of 3.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Polished Concrete?

Soft Fur (4537), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Polished Concrete?

≈ 32. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.