Porpoise

With an LRV of about 13, Porpoise 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.

Porpoise in other brands

• Patio Stone Behr N360-6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Ploughed Earth Dulux Australia S14B7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Deep Benjamin Moore 1477 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Evening Stone Jotun 1564 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Hempel 17390 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• TVT N487 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Gauntlet Gray Sherwin-Williams 7019 Gray
• Thunder Gray Sherwin-Williams 7645 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Porpoise warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.1 and a value of 1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Porpoise?

Patio Stone (N360-6), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Porpoise?

≈ 13. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.