Solitude

With an LRV of about 38, Solitude 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.

Solitude in other brands

• Lilac Time Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Inevitable PPG 10-24 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Inevitable Glidden PPG10-24 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• River Valley Behr 580F-4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Thunder Asian Paints 7232 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Motherlode Pratt & Lambert 28-23 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Windy Blue Sherwin-Williams 6240 Grayish Blue
• Dried Lavender Sherwin-Williams 9072 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Solitude warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.4 and a value of -1.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Solitude?

Lilac Time (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Solitude?

≈ 38. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.