Special Gray

With an LRV of about 19, Special Gray 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.

Special Gray in other brands

• Piper Grey Jotun 4622 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Quiet Time Pratt & Lambert 29-18 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Grays Lake MyPerfectColor MP13901 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hempel 16010 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Amazing Touch Nippon Paint NP N 1924D Gray Very close ΔE 1.7
• Jumbo Resene Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Dovetail Sherwin-Williams 7018 Gray
• Folkstone Sherwin-Williams 6005 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 brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Special Gray warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.3 and a value of 2.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Special Gray?

Piper Grey (4622), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Special Gray?

≈ 19. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.