Tinsmith

With an LRV of about 57, Tinsmith 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.

Tinsmith in other brands

• Grey Matter Jotun 7391 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Vancouver Day C2 Paint C2-993 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Frosted Silver Behr BNC-07 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Solitary State Glidden PPG1009-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Mammoth Gray Nippon Paint NP N 3049P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Solitary State PPG 1009-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• First Star Sherwin-Williams 7646 Light Gray
• Online Sherwin-Williams 7072 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Tinsmith warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.8 and b value of 1.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Jotun color to Tinsmith?

Grey Matter (7391), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Tinsmith?

≈ 57. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.