Zircon

With an LRV of about 58, Zircon 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.

Zircon in other brands

• Evening in Siam Nippon Paint NP N 3012P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Shale Rock Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 11060 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gray Dolphin Kelly-Moore KM4914-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gentle Rain Behr 790E-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dieskau Dulux Australia SN4H1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Site White Sherwin-Williams 7070 Light Gray
• Online Sherwin-Williams 7072 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 Zircon warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 1.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Zircon?

Evening in Siam (NP N 3012P), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Zircon?

≈ 58. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.