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Description and conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6256, Serious Gray

It is a grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 55%. It has a hue value of 210° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

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Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6256, Serious Gray to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (125, 132, 139) #7d848b hsl (210, 5.7%, 51.8%) hsv (210, 10.1%, 54.5%) lab (54.8, -1.1, -4.7) xyz (21.4, 22.7, 27.7)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to Sherwin-Williams 6256, Serious Gray respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Quick Silver, Spanish Gray, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Silver Sand, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Timberwolf, Cultured, Platinum and Isabelline.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish azure color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Granite Gray, Black Coral, Dim Gray, Davy's Grey, Onyx, Charcoal, Jet, Gunmetal, Charleston Green, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black Chocolate.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Gray (Web), Roman Silver, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Taupe Gray and Middle Grey.

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.


Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.




This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of cyan, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Silver Chalice, Onyx, Quick Silver, Dark Liver and Silver (Metallic).


Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.


This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Taupe, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.


Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.



This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure, green, gray and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Black Olive, Rifle Green, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Taupe, Black Shadows and Silver Pink.


Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.




This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure, rose, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Taupe, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Outer Space (Crayola) and Ash Gray.

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