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Fortitude SW 9562
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Undertone: Subtle yellow undertone
In CIELAB, Fortitude sits at L* 79.5, a* -0.4, b* 2.1. Its hue angle is 100° and its chroma is 2.2, so it leans yellow only slightly — the undertone mostly shows next to whiter or grayer colors. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 27%.
LRV 56.0: light
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 56.0, Fortitude is lighter than 68% of Sherwin-Williams colors. The most forgiving range for whole-house walls. Keeps rooms bright without glare.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Fortitude
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Chain | 1472 | 0.92 | Practically identical | |
| Metro Gray | 1459 | 1.62 | Very close | |
| Smoke Embers | 1466 | 1.62 | Very close |
Closest Behr match to Fortitude
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Sateen | UL260-16 | 1.03 | Very close | |
| Titanium | PPU24-16 | 1.03 | Very close | |
| Silver Bullet | N520-2 | 1.05 | Very close |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zircon | SW 7667 | 1.15 | Very close | |
| Knitting Needles | SW 7672 | 1.17 | Very close | |
| Autonomous | SW 9557 | 1.35 | Very close | |
| Light French Gray | SW 0055 | 1.39 | Very close | |
| Silverplate | SW 7649 | 1.62 | Very close | |
| Passive | SW 7064 | 1.95 | Very close |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Unfussy Beige SW 6043 · lighter, LRV 59.7
- Grayish SW 6001 · lighter, LRV 59.7
- Piedmont SW 9657 · lighter, LRV 59.8
- Krypton SW 6247 · darker, LRV 51.9
- Contented SW 6191 · darker, LRV 51.9
- Austere Gray SW 6184 · darker, LRV 51.2
Colors that go with Fortitude
Fortitude is too close to neutral (chroma 2.2) for hue-based pairings to be meaningful; pair it with any color that shares its yellow lean, and use a crisper white for trim.
Fortitude vs popular colors
- Stonington Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-170, ΔE 2.1) is lighter (LRV 59.4 vs 56.0), more green.
- Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7015, ΔE 2.6) is lighter (LRV 58.2 vs 56.0), more yellow/warm, more saturated.
- Coventry Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-169, ΔE 3.4) is darker (LRV 48.2 vs 56.0), more green.