Silvermist

With an LRV of about 47, Silvermist 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.

Silvermist in other brands

• Iced Benjamin Moore 1578 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cyprus Spring Kelly-Moore KM4845-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Gamelan Dulux Australia SG5E2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Melodic C2 Paint C2-990 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• G7450H Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Verdigris Behr PPU12-14 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Repose Gray Sherwin-Williams 7015 Light Gray
• Mysterious Mauve Sherwin-Williams 6262 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 Silvermist warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -3.9 and b value of 2.1 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Silvermist?

Iced (1578), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Silvermist?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.