Silver Strand

With an LRV of about 59, Silver Strand 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.

Silver Strand in other brands

• Hempel 17980 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Nickel Pratt & Lambert 25-25 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Haze Jotun 8279 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Silver Setting Behr PWL-89 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Dew Mist Berger Paints 8P0216 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Silhouette Dunn-Edwards DE6276 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Smart White Sherwin-Williams 6007 Light Gray
• Chelsea Gray Sherwin-Williams 2850 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 Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Silver Strand warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.3 and b value of 3.1 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Hempel color to Silver Strand?

Hempel 17980 (17980), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Silver Strand?

≈ 59. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.