Samovar Silver

With an LRV of about 51, Samovar Silver reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Samovar Silver in other brands

• Maiden Mist PPG 1039-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Maiden Mist Glidden PPG1039-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Light Pewter Nippon Paint NP N 1998P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Winter Benjamin Moore 1605 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Silver Moon Jotun 5081 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Solitary State Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• North Star Sherwin-Williams 6246 Light Gray
• Mystical Shade Sherwin-Williams 6276 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Samovar Silver warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.1 and b value of -0.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest PPG color to Samovar Silver?

Maiden Mist (1039-2), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Samovar Silver?

≈ 51. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.