Worldly Gray

With an LRV of about 57, Worldly Gray 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.

Worldly Gray in other brands

• Ivory Parchment Plascon Y3-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• TVT Q637 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Torere Dulux Australia NZ9F9 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• In The Buff Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sheepskin Vista C-565 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Feather Stone Kelly-Moore KM4578-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Kestrel White Sherwin-Williams 7516 Beige
• Requisite Gray Sherwin-Williams 7023 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 Worldly Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.5 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Worldly Gray?

Ivory Parchment (Y3-D2-3), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Worldly Gray?

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