Rainwashed

With an LRV of about 59, Rainwashed 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.

Rainwashed in other brands

• Tumbled Glass Dulux UK 1539841 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Zen Dulux Australia S24A1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Amelia Vista C-1385 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Tip of Iceberg Nippon Paint NP N 2026P Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Powder Blue Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Gentle Caress Plascon G4-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Aesthetic White Sherwin-Williams 7035 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rainwashed warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of 2.7 and a value of -5.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Rainwashed?

Tumbled Glass (1539841), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rainwashed?

≈ 59. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.