Reliable White

With an LRV of about 74, Reliable White 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.

Reliable White in other brands

• Southern Sand Vista K-1199 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Mobe Pearl Nippon Paint NP OW 1008P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT G464 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Smokey Cream Behr N190-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Clay Pipe Quarter Dulux Australia S10D1Q Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Moroccan Moonlight PPG 1074-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cotton White Sherwin-Williams 7104 White
• Popular Gray Sherwin-Williams 6071 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 light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Reliable White warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.6 and a value of 1.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Reliable White?

Southern Sand (K-1199), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Reliable White?

≈ 74. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.