Riverway

With an LRV of about 16, Riverway 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.

Riverway in other brands

• Paradise City Vista C-485 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Porch Swing Kelly-Moore KM4868-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Paradise City Hallman Lindsay 486 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT S441 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Verona 70 Caparol 3D Verona 70 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Dark Teal Woods Glidden 90GG 17/082 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Moody Blue Sherwin-Williams 6221 Grayish Blue
• Still Water Sherwin-Williams 6223 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Riverway warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.7 and a value of -7.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Riverway?

Paradise City (C-485), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Riverway?

≈ 16. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.