3/24/2023 0 Comments Sherwin williams aloof grayI’m betting it’s green or yellow, because I did some scrolling around on the color wheel and I think that’s what would be opposite of the purple tone that I personally see. Repose Gray on the other hand, can either pull out warm beige tones, or look pretty “classic gray.”Īnyways, something about the lighting, other items in the room, and reflections of outside, are making your brain see the opposite on the wall: purple. Light French Gray vs Repose Gray UndertonesĪs I just mentioned, Light French Gray can pull the tiniest bit purple. Repose Gray consists of: Red 204, Green 201, and Blue 192.Ĭolors never cease to amaze me! If I were to just look at the colors I would have thought Light French Gray had more red and blue, because it has just the slightest purpley hue to it.Īs it turns out, both are technically in the mustard family, although they are both so desaturated that it hardly matters. Light French Gray consists of: Red 194, Green 192, and Blue 187. This might sound pretty dark, but anything above 50 still reflects light rather than absorbs it. True white paint colors range from about 82 – 93. In the paint world, we are working in a range of 3 – 93 because no paint color is purely black or completely white. True black has an LRV of 0 and pure white has an LRV of 100. The LRV of a color indicates on a scale of 0 – 100 how much light a color reflects (or doesn’t reflect). Here is a side by side comparison of each color formula: Light French Gray vs Repose Gray LRV Light French Gray vs Repose Gray Properties Right away you can see that Light French Gray is closer to a true gray, where Repose Gray is a greige.
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