Techno Gray

With an LRV of about 49, Techno 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.

Techno Gray in other brands

• Lightning Plascon Y4-D2-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Chintz Vista C-572 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Gold Dust Prl over Hot Plata MyPerfectColor MP23468-23554 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Silo Grain Dulux Australia SN3A3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sierra Madre Behr ECC-46-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hempel 1B531 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Useful Gray Sherwin-Williams 7050 Light Gray
• Chatroom Sherwin-Williams 6171 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Techno Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.4 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Techno Gray?

Lightning (Y4-D2-2), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Techno Gray?

≈ 49. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.