Rock Candy

With an LRV of about 75, Rock Candy 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.

Rock Candy in other brands

• Tightrope Kelly-Moore KM655-L Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Crystal Clear Nerolac 4305 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Flight Of Doves Nippon Paint NP N 3068P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT Y440 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Pearl Benjamin Moore 871 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sheer Light Valspar 7004-16 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• High Reflective White Sherwin-Williams 7757 White
• Passive Sherwin-Williams 7064 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rock Candy warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.4 and b value of 0.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Rock Candy?

Tightrope (KM655-L), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rock Candy?

≈ 75. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.