Rain

With an LRV of about 49, Rain 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.

Rain in other brands

• Alpine Haze Dulux Australia S29A2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Harmonic C2 Paint C2-976 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Tower Grey Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gray Wool Behr MQ6-04 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT X441 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Hempel 43730 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tradewind Sherwin-Williams 6218 Light Gray
• Dutch Tile Blue Sherwin-Williams 31 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Rain warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.7 and a value of -6.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Rain?

Alpine Haze (S29A2), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rain?

≈ 49. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.