Software

With an LRV of about 23, Software 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.

Software in other brands

• Englewood Benjamin Moore 1607 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Legendary Gray Behr PPU26-03 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT N498 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Bali Plascon 46 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Carriage Stone Pratt & Lambert 28-19 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Stone Age Vista K-811 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tin Lizzie Sherwin-Williams 9163 Gray
• Gauntlet Gray Sherwin-Williams 7019 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Software warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.4 and b value of -1.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Software?

Englewood (1607), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Software?

≈ 23. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.