Still Water

With an LRV of about 10, Still Water 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.

Still Water in other brands

• Vanderberg Benjamin Moore 721 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sequoia Glade Valspar 5002-4C Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Volute Vista C-1379 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Underwater Behr PPU12-20 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Blue Eruption Nippon Paint NP N 2016A Gray Very close ΔE 1.7
• Volute Hallman Lindsay historic-volute Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Riverway Sherwin-Williams 6222 Grayish Blue
• Cascades Sherwin-Williams 7623 Dark Green

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Still Water warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.5 and a value of -6.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Still Water?

Vanderberg (721), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Still Water?

≈ 10. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.