Poolhouse

With an LRV of about 29, Poolhouse 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.

Poolhouse in other brands

• Polaris Benjamin Moore 1649 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Blue Fox Pratt & Lambert 26-20 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Seastone Glidden PPG10-11 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Seastone PPG 10-11 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Delta Blue Kelly-Moore 211 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Seastone Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Favorite Jeans Sherwin-Williams 9147 Grayish Blue
• Blustery Sky Sherwin-Williams 9140 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Poolhouse warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.3 and a value of -5.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Poolhouse?

Polaris (1649), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Poolhouse?

≈ 29. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.