After the Storm
Sherwin-Williams's After the Storm is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
Hex
#2A3037LRV
2.89
After the Storm in Rooms
Follow After the Storm from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Living Room Photos
The room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm can draw different notes from After the Storm (9685). The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Living room walls in After the Storm deliver a moody, atmospheric setting.
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Dining area in After the Storm creates dramatic depth and visual interest.
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1 Front Door Photo
1 front door image place After the Storm (9685) in a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression. With an LRV of 2.9, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Front door painted in After the Storm makes a bold architectural statement.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 83 vs 3, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 3, Pachyderm is decisively the brighter choice.
Going Grey reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 3), opening up a space where After the Storm encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 3 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 3 vs 3), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 3 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 3 vs 3), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 3 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Truly Taupe reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 3), opening up a space where After the Storm encloses it.
Heavenly White reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 3), opening up a space where After the Storm encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 3, Original White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 35 vs 3, Palisade is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (13 vs 3) makes Griffin the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 20 vs 3, Warm Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Mercurial reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 3), opening up a space where After the Storm encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (12 vs 3) makes Outerspace the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 4 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mineral Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sea Mariner reads slightly lighter (LRV 7 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
The brooding depths of this nearly black blue evoke the heavy, electric stillness following a tempest—a color as moody and contemplative as twilight itself. Perfect for creating an intimate sanctuary in a bedroom or study, it pairs magnificently with silver accents and cool whites to let its subtle cerulean undertones emerge from the darkness.