Sherwin Williams Sweater Weather: Undertones, LRV, & Lighting
By Kylie
January 4, 2021
Sweater Weather SW 9548: LRV, Undertones and a Little More
If you’ve been looking for the BEST gray paint color for you and your home, I bet Sherwin Williams’s newest line of colors, The Designer Edition, has just what you need. However, being newer colors, I don’t have any E-Design clients who’ve used them yet (I CAN’T WAIT!).
In order to show you RELATEABLE & REAL homes, I ONLY use photos from my Online Color Consulting clients. This means I don’t always have the quality pics I need, but DEFINITELY have SUPER HELPFUL INFO to help you on your way!
If you end up using one of these new colors and find my reviews helpful, please send photos so others can see how they look!
PLEASE NOTE: Sherwin William Sweater Weather is in the DESIGNER EDITION and can only be made in Sherwin Williams Emerald paint, no other lines.
What type of paint color is Sweater Weather? Is it a cool or warm gray?
Sweater Weather is a COOL gray paint color – not icy cold, but NOWHERE near the warm boundaries.
If you have north-facing light, you can expect this color to look considerably cooler and for its cool undertones to increase slightly. If you have south-facing or warm western afternoon sunshine, Mercurial will hold itself as a cool gray, although its undertones will be a bit muted.
Read more: North, East, South, West – Which Paint Color is the Best?
What’s the LRV of Sweater Weather?
Sweater Weather has an LRV of 60, making it a light depth paint color. While this depth can still wash-out in natural light, it will hold its color better than an off-white or BRIGHTER light depth gray paint color.
Not sure what LRV is? It could save your paint lovin’ life – read all about it HERE.
What are its undertones? It is a TRUE gray?
Because there IS no useable TRUE gray, you can bet your booty that Sweater Weather has undertones – blue ones. However, they are SO soft and SO subtle, that it might even take over from Sherwin Williams Tinsmith, as being my fave cool gray with blue undertones.
Blue undertones can lean either blue-violet or blue-green. Sweater Weather is MORE likely to favour a very mild blue-green, but not much of it!
And because it’s a new color, I don’t have photos of it, but you’ll get the general idea from Sherwin Williams Tinsmith…
What’s the best way to sample a paint color, do I need paint pots?
Like with every paint color, I highly recommend using SAMPLIZE. Samplize is a peel & stick paint sample that you can easily move around your room for over HALF THE COST of traditional sample pots – and they deliver right to your front door!
Here’s a link to the SAMPLIZE site if you’re curious!
What’s the best white paint color for my trim or cabinets?
If you’re thinking of painting your walls Sweater Weather, you’ll definitely want to pay attention to the white you choose for your trim…
- Sherwin Williams Pure White
- Sherwin Williams High Reflective White
- Sherwin Williams Alabaster is BORDERLINE. It will work, but the subtle warmth of it will slightly enhance the undertones of Alabaster and vice versa.
Read more: The 4 Best White Paint Colors from Sherwin Williams
Is this a good color for my home’s exterior?
Sweater Weather is a great exterior option, so long as it suits your exterior finishes!
Read more: 5 Tips to Choosing an Exterior Paint Color
Does Sherwin Williams have other colors that are similar to Sweater Weather?
- Sherwin Williams Touch of Grey. This is a touch warmer and drops the blue and picks up just a wink of violet.
- Sherwin Wiliams Tinsmith. Tinsmith has a bit more depth and a BIT more undertone too!
- Sherwin Williams Passive. This is a wink fresher and just SLIGHTLY more blue-violet looking in comparison to Sweater Weather.
Does Benjamin Moore have a color like this?
Every color has its own particular nuances and there will be NO perfect match – you WILL see shifts in undertones, temperature and values. If you prefer to use Benjamin Moore paint, you could check out colors with SIMILAR approaches…
- Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray is CERTAINLY similar
And if you’re thinking of color matching between brands, you might want to read THIS first.
Which paint colors look good with a color like Sweater Weather
Sweater Weather is reasonably flexible and humours a wide-range, including…
- gray-blues work, the stormier the better!
- other comparably cool, stormy grays with slightly darker values and undertones, ie: Sherwin Williams Tinsmith
- some warm grays and greiges that are LIGHTER than Sweater Weather, ie: Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray
Not sure if Sweater Weather is right for you? I’ve got more!
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Hi Kylie!
I am painting my DR/kitchen which has golden oak stained moldings and cupboards. DR has southern light and kitchen , north. Would tinsmith cooler undertone go well next to my wood? I have shiitake in LR nearby. I was also checking out the above mentioned sweater weather and Stonington gray. Your website has been so informative. I pass it along to my family all the time!-
Tinsmith COULD be pretty, but can be tough in northern light. A cooler color like this contrasts with the wood, which can be nice. HOWEVER, even more important than the cabinets is finding the best color that coordinates with your backsplash/countertop/flooring as wood cabinets are often the most flexible of them all!
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