Sealskin

With an LRV of about 6, Sealskin 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.

Sealskin in other brands

• French Roast Behr UL140-1 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Stable Gates Dulux UK 1998092 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• 100% Dadel Flexa Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Enamored C2 Paint C2-853 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Smooth Chocolate Johnstone's Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Hardened Steel Dulux Australia SG6H8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Thunder Gray Sherwin-Williams 7645 Gray
• Domino Sherwin-Williams 6989 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sealskin warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.6 and a value of 1.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Sealskin?

French Roast (UL140-1), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sealskin?

≈ 6. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.