Storm Cloud

With an LRV of about 23, Storm Cloud 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.

Storm Cloud in other brands

• Superhero Grey Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Evening Light Jotun 4618 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Quarry Dust Asian Paints K088 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Rocky Ridge Plascon B5-E1-4 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Slate Ridge Glidden 70BG 23/065 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Tinker Dulux Australia SG6D4 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Dustblu Sherwin-Williams 9161 Light Gray
• Granite Peak Sherwin-Williams 6250 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 Storm Cloud warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.1 and a value of -1.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Storm Cloud?

Superhero Grey (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Storm Cloud?

≈ 23. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.