Nordic Gray
At first glance, Nordic Gray belongs to the neutral family; in a room, light and context can make it far more elusive. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. 11 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
Hex
#9E9079LRV
28.53
Nordic Gray in Rooms
Follow Nordic Gray from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 11 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
9 Living Room Photos
9 sourced room photos give the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Nordic Gray (CC-576) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Living room walls in Nordic Gray establish a serene, neutral foundation.
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2 House Photos
In an exterior viewed across distance, weather and the changing sky, the most interesting quality of Nordic Gray (CC-576) may be the way it responds to roofing, masonry, timber, planting and trim. Its red undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Siding in Nordic Gray creates a calm, modern exterior with understated elegance.
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Board-and-batten exterior walls painted Nordic Gray complement traditional architecture beautifully.
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Coordinating Colors
Mountain Air reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 29), opening up a space where Nordic Gray encloses it.
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 29), opening up a space where Nordic Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 29, Greenmount Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
Steam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 29), opening up a space where Nordic Gray encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 29 and 28, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 29 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
A 7-point LRV gap (29 vs 22) makes Nordic Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Feather Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 29), opening up a space where Nordic Gray encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (29 vs 24) makes Nordic Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Coastline reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (36 vs 29) makes Comet the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (33 vs 29) makes Ashley Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Quicksand reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 29, Plymouth Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (37 vs 29) makes Chateau the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 31 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Nordic Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Nordic Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (29 vs 25) makes Nordic Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (29 vs 24) makes Nordic Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
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Manufacturer description
A cozy taupe with a warm, organic quality.