Popular Gray

With an LRV of about 61, Popular 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.

Popular Gray in other brands

• Baltic Mist Dulux Australia SN4C3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Country Chic Asian Paints K282 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Warm Snuggle Nippon Paint NP N 3388P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT G483 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Granite Dust Behr MQ3-06 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Waxed Wood Dulux UK 1854809 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• White Heron Sherwin-Williams 7627 Light Gray
• Mindful Gray Sherwin-Williams 7016 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Popular Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.5 and a value of 1.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Popular Gray?

Baltic Mist (SN4C3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Popular Gray?

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