Rainstorm

With an LRV of about 5, Rainstorm 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.

Rainstorm in other brands

• Dark Border Dulux Australia S33C9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Sophisticated Teal Vista K-1249 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Sailor's Coat Johnstone's Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.1
• Blue Abyss Berger Paints 8A2633 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.3
• Nightspot C2 Paint C2-743 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.5
• Twilight Benjamin Moore 2058-10 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Marea Baja Sherwin-Williams 9185 Grayish Blue
• Dark Night Sherwin-Williams 6237 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Rainstorm warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -11.6 and a value of -8.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Rainstorm?

Dark Border (S33C9), at ΔE 1.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rainstorm?

≈ 5. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.