Sensible Hue

With an LRV of about 46, Sensible Hue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Sensible Hue in other brands

• Iron Bar Nippon Paint NP N 3031P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Arid Plains Behr PPU25-07 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Matcha Grey Dulux UK 1539846 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Aged Stucco Grey Glidden 70YY 46/053 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Galena Grey MyPerfectColor MP557 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Old Grey Mare Kelly-Moore KM4949-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sleepy Blue Sherwin-Williams 6225 Light Gray
• Functional Gray Sherwin-Williams 7024 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sensible Hue warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.2 and a value of -1.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Sensible Hue?

Iron Bar (NP N 3031P), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sensible Hue?

≈ 46. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.