Reflecting Pool

With an LRV of about 39, Reflecting Pool 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.

Reflecting Pool in other brands

• Hempel 33480 Hempel Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.3
• Buoyancy Dulux Australia S30C3 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.3
• Brave Turquoise Berger Paints 7T1445 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.5
• Inky Pool 3 Dulux UK 1186824 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Venice Escape KILZ RF250-02 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.7
• Sea Of Turquoise Glidden 90GG 37/212 Turquoise Very close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Blithe Blue Sherwin-Williams 9052 Grayish Green
• Cloudburst Sherwin-Williams 6487 Turquoise

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as turquoise
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns grayish green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Reflecting Pool warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.2 and a value of -17.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Reflecting Pool?

Hempel 33480 (33480), at ΔE 1.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Reflecting Pool?

≈ 39. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.