Sherwin Williams City Loft SW 7631 paint color review
Color code: | SW 7631 |
Color name: | City Loft |
Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
Color collections: | Top 50 Colors, Cool White, Finest Whites, Living Well - Reflect, Trendsetter |
Sherwin Williams City Loft is a popular paint color from Sherwin Williams White and Pastels Collection. City Loft has been featured in Sherwin Williams’ Trendsetter Collection, the Living Well – Reflect Collection, and the Cool White Collection. When you compare Sherwin Williams City Loft to a beige, it looks gray. But, when you compare it to a gray, it looks decidedly more beige or maybe even taupe. With an LRV (Light Reflectance Value) of 70, it is a light paint color. It will reflect a good amount of light into a room, making it a great choice for most anywhere in the house. Rather, it’s susceptible to shifting because it’s low in Chroma which is why City Loft meets the criteria of “greige” for many people. Low Chroma colors like this are called near neutrals.
City Loft for bedroom
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LRV of City Loft
City Loft SW 7631 has an LRV of 71.15% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher LRV of paint color, the brighter room you will get.
Scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting 100% of all light).
Act like a pro: Choosing paint with LRV of 71.15% be attentive to your bulbs light Brightness.Light Brightness – measured in lumens. The lower LRV of paint you have, the higher lumen level you need. Every square feet of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 square feet living room you’ll need 8000 lumens of light. To achieve that brightness, you would require a total of 8 bulbs, 1000lm each.
What are Sherwin Williams City Loft undertones?
Red is Sherwin Williams City Loft undertone color, as you can clearly see on the color field below. To determine this undertone we’ve removed all the tints, tones, shades and get HUE (pure color). Seems that undertone definition on a white sheet is already outdated and rather inaccurate
HEX value
HEX value:
#DFDAD1
RGB code:
223, 218, 209
Is Sherwin Williams City Loft SW 7631 cool or warm?
With a hue of 39° this Grey refers warm paint shade according to HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) on the color wheel.
SW 7631 City Loft HSL code: 39, 18%, 85%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is a percentage value. 0% is a shade of grey, and 100% is the full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
- Warm Grey will make even large rooms feel cozy and intimate
- Warm Beige undertones tend to make you feel happy, energized and playful
- Warm paint colors are ideal for kitchens, living rooms or bathrooms
- Warmer hues make larger spaces feel more inviting
Act like a pro: Mixing warm and cool shades is a must have to get harmonius interior. Add accents that contrast with the primary color to create visual balance. If your walls are a warm color, don’t forget to add accent in cold colors (furniture, art, décor). A good practice is too use a complementary color scheme.
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams City Loft:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of different shades, tints, and tones of a single color. It's the perfect hue combination, but with no accent decor it's pretty boring.
Lighter shades
Sherwin Williams SW 7631 City Loft
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect.
Color comparison
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Color codes
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Format | Code | |
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HEX | #dfdad1 | |
RGB Decimal | 223, 218, 209 | |
RGB Percent | 87.45%, 85.49%, 81.96% | |
HSV | Hue: 39° Saturation: 6.28% Value: 87.45% | |
HSL | hsl(39, 18, 85) | |
CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.24 Yellow: 6.28 Key: 12.55 | |
YIQ | Y: 218.469 I: 5.872 Q: -1.743 | |
XYZ | X: 67.009 Y: 70.435 Z: 70.369 | |
CIE Lab | L:87.21 a:0.139 b:5.03 | |
CIE Luv | L:87.21 u:3.391 v:7.52 | |
Decimal | 14670545 | |
Hunter lab | 83.925, -4.349, 9.034 |