Requisite Gray

With an LRV of about 45, Requisite 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.

Requisite Gray in other brands

• Misty Grey Jotun 1143 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Silver Benjamin Moore 2108-50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Legendary Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Grey Stable Dulux Australia SN3F5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Palazzo 45 Caparol 3D Palazzo 45 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Park Avenue Behr MQ2-55 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Alpaca Sherwin-Williams 7022 Light Gray
• Palisade Sherwin-Williams 7635 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Requisite Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.5 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Requisite Gray?

Misty Grey (1143), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Requisite Gray?

≈ 45. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.