Rare Gray

With an LRV of about 38, Rare Gray 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.

Rare Gray in other brands

• Boulder Creek Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Old Celadon Behr PPU25-05 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Aged Aloe Plascon Y6-E2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Silverado Ranch Hallman Lindsay 421 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Backdrop Kelly-Moore KM4789-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Shark Fin Vista C-573 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Gray Clouds Sherwin-Williams 7658 Light Gray
• Cornwall Slate Sherwin-Williams 9131 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 beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rare Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.7 and a value of -2.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Rare Gray?

Boulder Creek (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rare Gray?

≈ 38. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.