Versatile Gray

With an LRV of about 48, Versatile 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.

Versatile Gray in other brands

• Country Mushroom Plascon Y1-D2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Ash Gray Dunn-Edwards DEC751 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gallery Grey Valspar 2006-10B Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rum Caramel 4 Dulux UK 1187665 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Stone Statue Nippon Paint NP N 3396P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• A0480H Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Realist Beige Sherwin-Williams 6078 Light Gray
• Functional Gray Sherwin-Williams 7024 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Versatile Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.0 and a value of 2.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Versatile Gray?

Country Mushroom (Y1-D2-2), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Versatile Gray?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.