Watery

With an LRV of about 57, Watery 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.

Watery in other brands

• IKEA153 IKEA Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.8
• Clear Pond Behr PPU13-15 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sea Sprite Johnstone's Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sea Sprite PPG 1143-3 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.2
• Sea Sprite Glidden PPG1143-3 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.3
• Heavenly Benjamin Moore 709 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Meander Blue Sherwin-Williams 6484 Grayish Green
• Festoon Aqua Sherwin-Williams 19 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 green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Watery warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -1.3 and a value of -8.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest IKEA color to Watery?

IKEA153 (153), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Watery?

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