White Truffle

With an LRV of about 60, White Truffle 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.

White Truffle in other brands

• Ginger Shortbread Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Peignoir Farrow & Ball 286 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Maple Syrup Asian Paints 8747 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• First Kiss PPG 1017-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• First Kiss Glidden PPG1017-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Taupe Brush Nippon Paint NP N 3378P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Dreamy White Sherwin-Williams 6021 Light Gray
• Temperate Taupe Sherwin-Williams 6037 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light pink
• 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 White Truffle warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.9 and a value of 4.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to White Truffle?

Ginger Shortbread (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of White Truffle?

≈ 60. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.