Colours

LRV Values

To help you meet the duties of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), guidance in Building Regulations Part M recommends that adjacent critical surfaces (i.e. ceiling/wall/door and floor) have a visual contrast of 30 LRV difference. LRV (Light Reflectance Value) is defined as the amount of light reflected by that colour, measured on a scale of 0-100. A table of all the LRVs for the Glidden Trade Exclusive (GTE), RAL and BS colour ranges are listed in the tables below.

Trade Exclusive range
BS4800 colour range
RAL colour range

Trade Exclusive range

Name	LRV	Name	LRV	Name	LRV
Aged Ivory	68	Enriched Earths	24	Powdery Mint	71
Alaskan Dawn	81	Faded Blush	71	Pumice Grey	63
Almond White	80	Faded Leaf	71	Rainy Days	59
Alta Vista	60	Fairfields	81	Refreshing	81
Amazon Mist	62	Forest Dusks	71	Rich Roads	14
Amazonian Green	36	Forest Mist	64	River Pearl	66
Angora	85	Francesca	55	Riverstone	23
Antarctic Storm	83	Fresh Citrus Mint	83	Riviera Delight	29
Apple White	81	Frisky	61	Roasted Olives	63
Appledore	84	Glowing Embers	50	Roman Robe	63
Arizona Tumbleweed	30	Grey Goose	54	Rose White	81
Autumnal Morning	75	Hamptons Summer	78	Rosetan	46
Balsa	69	Hidden Valley	67	Sabi Sands	67
Banana Flambe	43	Honeysuckle White	81	Safari Song	42
Barn Red	15	Hummous	75	Sandstone	58
Berry Blast	10	Iceberg	86	Satchel Tan	15
Beths Blue	61	Imminent Dawn	78	Sauvignon Dew	81
Billow	73	Japanese Blossom	68	Savana Brown	39
Bitter Orange	50	Jubilant	68	Siberian Steppes	65
Blue Agave	19	Jungle Trail	12	Silver Ash	56
Bluebell White	85	Kalahari Sands	58	Silver Row	51
Blushed Pearl	73	Lake Sunset	81	Sinaloa	65
California Cool	71	Lavender Drop	77	Slipper Orchid	84
Candytuft	75	Lavish Lilac	63	Smokey Quartz	53
Cape Salmon	39	Limoncella	78	Smokey Seas	16
Caper Green	24	Luna Light	77	Snow Tracks	83
Champagne	73	Meadowsweet	81	So Blue	52
Champagne Glory	80	Midnight Jazz	6	Southern Belle	84
Chinese Apple	64	Milk Chocolate	10	Sugared Mint	75
Cloudy Blue	81	Mineral Baths	69	Sunscorched Beach	68
Cloudy Steel	55	Mineral Mud	34	Sweet Plum	70
Cool Camel	56	Mint Icing	83	Thistledown	74
Coral Caress	77	Misty Grey	67	Timeless	86
Cornflower White	76	Morning Mist	83	Tinge Of Silver	54
Cotton Soft	83	Mostly Moonstone	81	Toffee Tickle	56
Cowgirl Blue	9	Muted Mint	53	Tranquil Moment	59
Coyote Grey	54	Mystic Rivers	24	Turlogh Green	40
Croatian Stones	31	Nubuck	52	Tuscan Nights	60
Crushed Pearls	83	Olive Tapanade	32	Very Berry	18
Cummulus	68	Ostrich Eggshell	80	Very Vanilla	86
Danish Blue	67	Oyster Mushroom	71	Villa Mexicana	40
Deep Rouge	10	Pacific Atoll	57	Water Sky	73
Dollshouse	71	Papyrus Paper	55	Welsh Stone	41
Dom Pedro	65	Pastel Grey	77	Winter Avenue	72
Dove White	76	Pastel Teal	65	Winter Blue	56
Dusty Denim	25	Peasblossom	69	Winter Rabbit	80
Ebony Branch	8	Pink Ginger	69	Woodland Mist	55
Elderberry Wine	6	Pink Lady	46	Wyoming Grass	68
Embassy Purple	18	Plum Truffle	21	Wyoming Plains	65
English Barn	16	Powder Blush	54	Zanzibar Dream	59

BS4800 colour range

Name	LRV	Name	LRV	Name	LRV
RAL1001	48	RAL4001	18	RAL8001	19
RAL1004	42	RAL4005	19	RAL8004	14
RAL1005	35	RAL4007	6	RAL8016	7
RAL1013	72	RAL5000	10	RAL9001	77
RAL1014	60	RAL5002	7	RAL9010	86
RAL1018	65	RAL5003	6	RAL1003	46
RAL1020	30	RAL6002	11	RAL7004	30
RAL2001	18	RAL6005	7	RAL3020	15
RAL2004	24	RAL6011	21	RAL5017	11
RAL2008	30	RAL6018	28	RAL9003	85
RAL3000	13	RAL6021	32	RAL2012	25
RAL3005	6	RAL7000	27	RAL5023	16
RAL3011	8	RAL7012	14	RAL5024	29
RAL3014	28	RAL7016	8	RAL6034	39
RAL3018	19	RAL7035	59	RAL9016	87

RAL colour range

Name	LRV	Name	LRV	Name	LRV
RAL1001	48	RAL4001	18	RAL8001	19
RAL1004	42	RAL4005	19	RAL8004	14
RAL1005	35	RAL4007	6	RAL8016	7
RAL1013	72	RAL5000	10	RAL9001	77
RAL1014	60	RAL5002	7	RAL9010	86
RAL1018	65	RAL5003	6	RAL1003	46
RAL1020	30	RAL6002	11	RAL7004	30
RAL2001	18	RAL6005	7	RAL3020	15
RAL2004	24	RAL6011	21	RAL5017	11
RAL2008	30	RAL6018	28	RAL9003	85
RAL3000	13	RAL6021	32	RAL2012	25
RAL3005	6	RAL7000	27	RAL5023	16
RAL3011	8	RAL7012	14	RAL5024	29
RAL3014	28	RAL7016	8	RAL6034	39
RAL3018	19	RAL7035	59	RAL9016	87

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