Westchester Gray

With an LRV of about 19, Westchester Gray absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Westchester Gray in other brands

• Hempel 13480 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• TVT 022h Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Boulder Resene Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• City Skyline Glidden PPG0995-6 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Matrix Jotun 9913 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• IKEA185 IKEA Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Dovetail Sherwin-Williams 7018 Gray
• Roycroft Pewter Sherwin-Williams 2848 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Westchester Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 0.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Hempel color to Westchester Gray?

Hempel 13480 (13480), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Westchester Gray?

≈ 19. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.