Tidewater

With an LRV of about 65, Tidewater reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Tidewater in other brands

• Aquatic Edge Valspar 5003-5A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Wool .01 Colorhouse Wool-01 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Highest Mountain Mist Glidden 30GG 65/082 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• Icy Waterfall Kelly-Moore KM4864-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Misty Harbor Vista K-861 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Trade Wind Tikkurila H441 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Snowdrop Sherwin-Williams 6511 White
• Watery Sherwin-Williams 6478 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Tidewater warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -0.3 and a value of -7.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Tidewater?

Aquatic Edge (5003-5A), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Tidewater?

≈ 65. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.