Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 22, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2022 USD ($) Segment Entity $ / shares shares	May 31, 2021 USD ($) Entity Segment $ / shares shares	May 31, 2020 USD ($) ReportingUnit $ / shares shares	May 31, 2019 Segment
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of controlled subsidiary's earnings		100.00%
Number of business acquisition | Entity		8	4
Number of reportable segments | Segment		4	4
Net transactional foreign exchange losses gains		$ (4,300,000)	$ (2,800,000)	$ 300,000
Depreciation		104,300,000	99,400,000	108,500,000
Bad debt expense		4,326,000	10,000,000.0	16,700,000
Inventory write-downs		$ 9,800,000	3,700,000	39,600,000
Number of operating segments | Segment		4
Goodwill impairments		$ 0	0	0
Impairment loss of indefinite lived intangible assets on annual impairment tests				0
Impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets		0	0
Advertising cost		45,400,000	61,100,000	49,700,000
Research and development cost		$ 80,500,000	$ 77,600,000	$ 76,500,000
Shares repurchased | shares		601,155	594,061	2,041,847
Shares repurchased, value		$ 52,500,000	$ 49,956,000	$ 125,000,000
Repurchase of common stock price per shares | $ / shares		$ 87.33	$ 84.09	$ 61.22
Subsequent Event
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Shares repurchased | shares	303,079,000
Shares repurchased, value	$ 25,000,000.0
Repurchase of common stock price per shares | $ / shares	$ 82.49
ASU 2019-12
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted [true false]		true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect [true false]		true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date		Jun. 01, 2021
Consumer Segment
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Inventory write-downs				$ 28,800,000
Impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets				4,000,000.0
PCG Segment
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Inventory write-downs				$ 3,200,000
Industrial Segment
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of operating segments | Segment					2
Wood Finishes Group
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of reporting units | ReportingUnit				2
Kop-Coat Group
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of reporting units | ReportingUnit				2