Stardew

With an LRV of about 43, Stardew 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.

Stardew in other brands

• Smoke Screen Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Winter Morning Mist Kelly-Moore KM5801-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Special Delivery Glidden PPG1037-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Special Delivery PPG 1037-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Nimbus Benjamin Moore 2131-50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Champenoise Blue Met. MyPerfectColor MP22088 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Comfort Gray Sherwin-Williams 6205 Light Gray
• Let it Rain Sherwin-Williams 9152 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Stardew warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.0 and a value of -3.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Stardew?

Smoke Screen (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Stardew?

≈ 43. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.