Unusual Gray

With an LRV of about 38, Unusual 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.

Unusual Gray in other brands

• Ashford Grey Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Silver Clouds Behr ECC-35-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cadet Corp Nerolac 4570 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Sabre Benjamin Moore 1482 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Woodlawn Glidden 50GY 38/042 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Morgan Tone Jotun 7044 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Imagine Sherwin-Williams 6009 Light Gray
• Illusive Green Sherwin-Williams 9164 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 Unusual Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.7 and b value of 3.1 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Unusual Gray?

Ashford Grey (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Unusual Gray?

≈ 38. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.