Cross-brand match

Chelsea Gray in Dutch Boy

Sherwin-Williams SW 2850 translated into the Dutch Boy line

Sherwin-Williams Chelsea Gray SW 2850 on a wall, hex #B6B7B0
Dutch Boy Drifting Sand DCP-0218 on a wall, hex #B6B2A9

The closest Dutch Boy paint to Sherwin-Williams Chelsea Gray (SW 2850) is Drifting Sand DCP-0218, a delta-E of 2.66 away — the nearest Dutch Boy makes, and near enough for most rooms, but it is not an exact copy.

Drifting Sand is 2.2 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow cast against yellow-green cast, at chroma 5.1 and 3.8.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTDrifting SandDCP-0218
DISTANCEΔE 2.66CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE44.7 against 46.9
HEX#B6B2A9against #B6B7B0

Ranked matches in Dutch Boy

closest first
Dutch Boy colorΔE LRV Undertone
Drifting SandDCP-0218 2.66 44.7 yellow cast Compare
Fair MaidenDCP-0456 6.57 52.1 green undertone Compare
FloritoDCP-0371 7.71 58.8 yellow-green cast Compare
Laguna White7411 8.06 60.2 true neutral Compare
Baby SproutDCP-0134 9.72 38.5 red undertone Compare
SavoyDCP-1316 10.44 58.1 cool violet-gray Compare

Chelsea Gray in other brands

same color, different line

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