Description and conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6817, Gentian

It is a grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 49%. It has a hue value of 228° indicating that this is a cold color.

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Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6817, Gentian to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

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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 it 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 Sherwin-Williams 6817, Gentian color. This process results a scale from a grayish blue color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Cool Grey, Blue Bell, Wild Blue Yonder, Shadow Blue, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Maximum Blue Purple, Light Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Lavender Gray, Languid Lavender, Ghost White, Lavender (Web), Alice Blue and Cultured.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6817, Gentian color. This process results a scale from a grayish blue color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Purple Navy, Independence, YInMn Blue, Liberty, Space Cadet, Prussian Blue, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Gunmetal, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA29).

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6817, Gentian color. This process results a scale from a grayish blue color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Slate Gray, Roman Silver, Sonic Silver, Nickel, Dim Gray and Granite Gray.

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, blue, violet and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Maximum Blue, Pacific Blue, Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Aero, Blue Jeans, Dark Cornflower Blue, Purple Navy, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, English Violet, Japanese Violet, Wisteria, Lilac, Wine Dregs, Old Mauve, Kobi and Charm Pink.

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, blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Yale Blue, Space Cadet, Glaucous, Shadow Blue, Periwinkle, Lavender Blue, Army Green, Olive Drab 7, Spanish Bistre, Turtle Green, Vanilla and Medium Champagne.

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, blue, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Cornflower Blue, Purple Navy, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, Castleton Green, Blue-green (color Wheel), Green Sheen, Ocean Green, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon and Middle Red.

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, blue, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Cornflower Blue, Purple Navy, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, Wine, Catawba, Mauvelous, Pastel Pink, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Misty Moss, Sage, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Maximum Blue Green and Verdigris.

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