Sherwin Williams Worldly Gray SW 7043

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Official page:Worldly Gray SW 7043
Code:SW 7043
Name:Worldly Gray
Brand:Sherwin Williams
Collections:Top 50 Colors, Living Well - Unwind

What color is Sherwin Williams Worldly Gray?

Sherwin Williams Worldly Gray is a neutral and versatile greige paint color. It is can be fun or sophisticated, and works in a lot of styles of homes. A good example would be comparing Worldly Gray to SW Kilim Beige. You can clearly see how Kilim Beige is the warmer paint color of the two. Worldly Gray is cooler in comparison. With an LRV of 57, Worldly isn’t the lightest neutral paint color you will find however, it’s certainly not the darkest either.

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LRV of Worldly Gray

Worldly Gray has an LRV of 57% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident lightWhy LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 57%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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FormatCode
HEX#cec6bb
RGB Decimal206, 198, 187
RGB Percent80.78%, 77.65%, 73.33%
HSVHue: 35° Saturation: 9.22% Value: 80.78%
HSLhsl(35, 16, 77)
CMYKCyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.88 Yellow: 9.22 Key: 19.22
YIQY: 199.138 I: 8.302 Q: -1.731
XYZX: 54.616 Y: 57.098 Z: 55.144
CIE LabL:80.235 a:0.878 b:6.502
CIE LuvL:80.235 u:5.313 v:9.408
Decimal13551291
Hunter Lab75.563, -3.22, 9.626

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