Sherwin Williams Glimmer SW 6476 paint color review
Let’s dive into a full Glimmer paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful SW 6476. Find out if this gorgeous cold green paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.
| Color code: | SW 6476 |
| Color name: | Glimmer |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Color collections: | Living Well |
Glimmer for living room
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LRV of Glimmer
Glimmer SW 6476 has an LRV of 78.41% and refers to Off-White colors that reflect a lot of 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 78.41% 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 Glimmer undertones?
Green is Sherwin Williams Glimmer 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 Seems that undertone definition on a white sheet is already outdated and rather inaccurate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:
#E0E7E2
RGB code:
224, 231, 226
Is Sherwin Williams Glimmer SW 6476 cool or warm?
With a hue of 137° this Green refers cool paint shade according to HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) on the color wheel.
SW 6476 Glimmer HSL code: 137, 13%, 89%
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.
- Cool Green shades make a room feel sleek, fresh and modern
- Cooler hues have a calm and relaxation effect
- Cool Blue undertones make small spaces feel more open and expansive
- Cool paint hue are ideal for bedroom or bathroom. Be careful with deep blues and greens in bathroom, which will reflect on your skin.
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 Glimmer:
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.
Darker shades
Color comparison
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Color codes
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| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #e0e7e2 |  |
| RGB Decimal | 224, 231, 226 | |
| RGB Percent | 87.84%, 90.59%, 88.63% | |
| HSV | Hue: 137° Saturation: 3.03% Value: 90.59% | |
| HSL | hsl(137, 13, 89) | |
| CMYK | Cyan: 3.03 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 2.16 Key: 9.41 | |
| YIQ | Y: 228.337 I: -2.565 Q: -3.037 | |
| XYZ | X: 73.04 Y: 78.49 Z: 83.233 | |
| CIE Lab | L:91.003 a:-3.241 b:1.618 | |
| CIE Luv | L:91.003 u:-3.64 v:3.047 | |
| Decimal | 14739426 | |
| Hunter lab | 88.594, -7.879, 6.314 | |
