Simple White

With an LRV of about 70, Simple White 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.

Simple White in other brands

• Shout Out Nippon Paint NP N 3360P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Whitecliff Beige Glidden 30YY 69/048 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Mauve Mist Pratt & Lambert 3-31 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• White Lion Dulux Australia SN4A1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Vanilla Steam Valspar 2006-10C Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• TVT Y482 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Arcade White Sherwin-Williams 7100 White
• Vaguely Mauve Sherwin-Williams 6015 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 light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Simple White warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.2 and a value of 0.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Simple White?

Shout Out (NP N 3360P), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Simple White?

≈ 70. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.