Upward

With an LRV of about 57, Upward 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.

Upward in other brands

• Bay of Hope Dunn-Edwards DE6331 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Iced Benjamin Moore 2130-60 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Metal Gray Nerolac 4544 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Oxford Half Dulux Australia S37A1H Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Twin Crystal Plascon B3-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT H490 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• City Loft Sherwin-Williams 7631 Light Gray
• Sensible Hue Sherwin-Williams 6198 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Upward warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.7 and a value of -2.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Upward?

Bay of Hope (DE6331), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Upward?

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