Steely Gray

With an LRV of about 30, Steely Gray 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.

Steely Gray in other brands

• Steeple Gray PPG 1012-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Steeple Gray Glidden PPG1012-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Ufo Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Radiant Silver Behr MQ5-21 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Tucker Benjamin Moore CW-705 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• ELEGANT PEWTER Nippon Paint NP PRO 0518 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Gray Matters Sherwin-Williams 7066 Light Gray
• Software Sherwin-Williams 7074 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 Steely Gray warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.0 and a value of -1.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Steely Gray?

Steeple Gray (1012-5), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Steely Gray?

≈ 30. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.