Valspar Modern Gray V172

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Code:V172
Name:Modern Gray
Brand:Valspar

What color is Valspar Modern Gray?

Let's dive into a full Modern Gray paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful V172. Find out if this gorgeous warm grey paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.

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LRV of Modern Gray

Modern Gray has an LRV of 70% 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 70%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.

FormatCode
HEX#dbdad6
RGB Decimal219, 218, 214
RGB Percent85.88%, 85.49%, 83.92%
HSVHue: 48° Saturation: 2.28% Value: 85.88%
HSLhsl(48, 6, 85)
CMYKCyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.46 Yellow: 2.28 Key: 14.12
YIQY: 217.843 I: 1.881 Q: -1.033
XYZX: 66.42 Y: 70.058 Z: 73.624
CIE LabL:87.025 a:-0.375 b:2.087
CIE LuvL:87.025 u:0.792 v:3.224
Decimal14408406
Hunter Lab83.701, -4.83, 6.439

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