Retreat

With an LRV of about 21, Retreat absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Retreat in other brands

• Mouse Tail Dulux UK 1977126 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Puur Hardsteen Flexa Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cedar Forest Behr HDC-AC-22 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• TVT S495 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Lush Sage Valspar 5003-2B Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Gray Leaf Berger Paints 8A0429 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Acacia Haze Sherwin-Williams 9132 Light Gray
• Basil Sherwin-Williams 6194 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Retreat warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.7 and a value of -4.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Retreat?

Mouse Tail (1977126), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Retreat?

≈ 21. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.