Description and conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 9178, In the Navy

It is a dark grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 23%. It has a hue value of 211° indicating that this is a cold color.

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Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 9178, In the Navy 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 9178, In the Navy color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Black Coral, Dark Electric Blue, Payne's Grey, Cadet, Roman Silver, Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Silver Sand, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum and Timberwolf.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Sherwin-Williams 9178, In the Navy color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Gunmetal, Charleston Green, Outer Space (Crayola), Onyx, Eigengrau, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39), Black and Smoky Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Sherwin-Williams 9178, In the Navy color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Gunmetal, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Onyx and Jet.

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 and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Opal, Morning Blue, Charcoal, Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Indigo Dye, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Independence, Dark Liver, Manatee, Wild Blue Yonder, Eggplant, English Violet, Lilac Luster and Rose Quartz.

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 Charcoal, Gunmetal, Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Periwinkle (Crayola), Pale Aqua, Olive Drab 7, Dark Lava, Shadow, Middle Grey, Bone and Almond.

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 and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Indigo Dye, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Laurel Green, Cambridge Blue, Dark Liver (horses), Rose Ebony, Tuscany 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 Charcoal, Indigo Dye, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Eggplant, Rose Ebony, Lilac Luster, Tuscany, Taupe, Dark Lava, Khaki (Web), Grullo, Dark Slate Gray, MSU Green, Morning Blue and Opal.

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