Crushed Ice
SW 7647 · Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams
Crushed Ice
SW 7647
Faint yellow-beige, a true neutral
- Color family
- White
- Sold for
- Interior and exterior
Sherwin-Williams Crushed Ice SW 7647 is a pale warm gray that Sherwin-Williams files as a white, with an LRV of 66, which bounces enough light for a whole house while leaving no doubt, next to white trim, that the walls are gray. Our method reads it as neutral with only a faint yellow-beige lean, so it is grayer and quieter than the greiges it is usually shopped against. People use it in living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms as the lighter, less beige answer to Agreeable Gray SW 7029.
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Is Crushed Ice warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers
too close to gray to lean
Undertone
Faint yellow-beige
Barely off gray.
Crushed Ice measures as a near-neutral: almost no red or green and only a faint touch of yellow, too little to give it a cast of its own. That makes it a gray that borrows its temperature from the room. Next to white trim it is a soft, plain gray; beside warm oak or a tan sofa a little of the yellow shows and it reads warmer; beside cool blue-gray tile it can look faintly beige by contrast. It does not go purple or green the way stronger grays can, because there is not enough pigment in it to drift. Grey Heron SW 9566 measures as a near twin, and Drift of Mist SW 9166 is a close sibling, a touch lighter and a touch warmer.
Crushed Ice in north, south, east and west light
Crushed Ice is one of the safer light grays for a north-facing room: with so little pigment there is nothing for the cool light to exaggerate, so it reads a little darker and cooler and stops there, without the purple or green drift that catches other grays. South light warms and lifts it a touch, and it stays a recognizable gray at noon. East and west rooms see only small shifts through the day. The bulb sets its temperature more than the window does: 2700K makes it warm gray, 4000K makes it cool gray, and 3000K keeps it where the chip is.
Watch for
- Beside a warm beige such as Accessible Beige SW 7036 it looks cool and faintly blue by contrast
- Under 4000K bulbs in a windowless bathroom it turns into a flat cool gray
- Against a cream trim such as Alabaster SW 7008 it reads cooler and bluer than against Extra White SW 7006
Best rooms and surfaces for Crushed Ice
People who found Agreeable Gray SW 7029 too beige and Repose Gray SW 7015 too dark tend to land on Crushed Ice, and it runs through a whole house without trouble: living rooms, hallways and open plans take it well, and bedrooms read calm in it. In a bathroom it is one of the better light grays, since it does not go purple beside white tile the way warmer grays can, but it needs a warm bulb or it goes clinical. On kitchen cabinets it reads as a soft gray, a step lighter than most cabinet grays, and it suits white counters and black hardware. It is too deep to be a trim color and too gray to be a ceiling color. Rooms with a lot of warm beige tile or honey oak are the ones to avoid, since it looks cold beside them.
Crushed Ice on an exterior
Sherwin-Williams sells Crushed Ice for exterior use, though it is not among its top exterior colors. On siding, full sun lifts it to a pale silver-gray that can read almost white from the street, so the color shows best on a shaded side or under a deep porch roof. It suits a white trim such as Extra White SW 7006 and a black or charcoal roof, and a dark door in Iron Ore SW 7069 or Tricorn Black SW 6258 gives the front some weight.
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Crushed Ice vs Agreeable Gray, On the Rocks, First Star and Drift of Mist
Agreeable GrayCrushed IceCrushed Ice vs Agreeable Gray SW 7029
Crushed Ice is noticeably lighter; undertone faint yellow-beige vs subtle yellow-beige.
Agreeable Gray SW 7029 is five points darker and clearly more beige: a greige, where Crushed Ice is a gray. On a wall Agreeable Gray reads warm and a little tan beside Crushed Ice, and Crushed Ice reads cool and light beside it. Pick Agreeable Gray for warm wood and a cozier room; pick Crushed Ice for white cabinets, black metal and a brighter, cleaner gray.
On the RocksCrushed IceCrushed Ice vs On the Rocks SW 7671
Crushed Ice is noticeably lighter; both have a faint yellow-beige undertone.
On the Rocks SW 7671 is the next step down the same strip, four points darker, with the same faint lean and the same neutral character. The two look like one color at two strengths. Pick On the Rocks when a bright room washes Crushed Ice out and you want the gray to show; pick Crushed Ice for a darker room or a lower ceiling.
First StarCrushed IceCrushed Ice vs First Star SW 7646
Crushed Ice is noticeably darker; both have a faint yellow-beige undertone.
First Star SW 7646 is a clear step lighter and just as neutral, an off-white where Crushed Ice is a light gray. Beside it Crushed Ice looks like a definite color and First Star like a soft white. First Star is the one when the room should read white with a whisper of gray; Crushed Ice is the one when you want visible gray walls against white trim.
Drift of MistCrushed IceCrushed Ice vs Drift of Mist SW 9166
Crushed Ice is noticeably darker; undertone faint yellow-beige vs subtle yellow-beige.
Drift of Mist SW 9166 sits about as far above Crushed Ice as First Star SW 7646 does, but with a touch more warmth and beige in its gray. Side by side Drift of Mist reads softer and creamier, Crushed Ice cooler and more silver. Choose Drift of Mist for a room with warm floors and cream fabrics; choose Crushed Ice where the finishes are white, black or cool stone.
Questions about Crushed Ice
Does Crushed Ice look blue or green?
Rarely on its own. Crushed Ice has almost no pigment to drift, so a blue or green cast comes from what sits next to it: warm beige tile or a cream trim makes it look cool and faintly blue by contrast, and 4000K bulbs push it the same way. Beside white trim and under warm bulbs it reads as a plain soft gray.
What colors go with Crushed Ice?
Sherwin-Williams pairs it with Extra White SW 7006 on trim, Magnetic Gray SW 7058, a mid gray-green, and Mountain Road SW 7743, a deep olive gray. In practice it sits well with white cabinets, black metal, walnut and pale oak, and with darker grays from its own strip such as On the Rocks SW 7671 on an accent wall.
Is Crushed Ice good for a bathroom?
Yes, and it is one of the safer light grays there. White tile and chrome do not pull a purple cast out of it, since it has almost no red in it, and its lightness keeps a small bathroom open. Use warm bulbs; under cool LEDs with no window it reads flat and clinical. Pair it with Extra White SW 7006 on the trim.
What is one shade darker than Crushed Ice?
On the Rocks SW 7671 sits directly below it on strip 255, four points darker with the same neutral character. One shade lighter on the strip is Egret White SW 7570, which adds a little beige. Of its nearest matches by measurement, Guild Grey SW 9561 is a touch darker and just as neutral, and Winter Walk SW 9628 is a near twin a touch lighter.
Is Crushed Ice good for a living room?
Yes. In a living room it reads as a light, calm gray that lets a sofa or a rug carry the color, and it stays gray in a north-facing room where beige-leaning grays go muddy. Keep the trim bright, Extra White SW 7006 or Pure White SW 7005, and use warm bulbs at night so the walls do not go cold.
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