Rarified Air

With an LRV of about 78, Rarified Air reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Rarified Air in other brands

• White Lake Dunn-Edwards DE6323 White Very close ΔE 0.2
• TVT G491 Tikkurila White Very close ΔE 0.2
• Snippet of Blue Vista K-807 White Very close ΔE 0.4
• Ski Slope Nippon Paint NP BGG 2812P White Very close ΔE 0.5
• Marilyn's Benjamin Moore 2125-60 White Very close ΔE 0.5
• Thousand Nights Jotun 4454 White Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• High Reflective White Sherwin-Williams 7757 White
• Misty Sherwin-Williams 6232 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as white
• Protanopia Reads as white
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rarified Air warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.7 and b value of -0.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Rarified Air?

White Lake (DE6323), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rarified Air?

≈ 78. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.