Porch Ceiling

With an LRV of about 54, Porch Ceiling 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.

Porch Ceiling in other brands

• Appolo Blue Nerolac 2981 Light Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Grandview Kelly-Moore KM298-M Light Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Splash Asian Paints 7345 Light Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Blue Bottle Blue Plascon B2-A1-4 Light Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• M8561X Crown Light Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• North Blue Nippon Paint NP PB 2823P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Something Blue Sherwin-Williams 6800 Grayish Blue
• Resolute Blue Sherwin-Williams 6507 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as turquoise
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Porch Ceiling warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -15.7 and a value of -9.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Porch Ceiling?

Appolo Blue (2981), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Porch Ceiling?

≈ 54. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.