Bay Water

With an LRV of about 41, Bay Water is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Bay Water in other brands

• Olive Sprig PPG 1125-4 Green Very close ΔE 0.6
• Olive Sprig Glidden PPG1125-4 Green Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 12750 Hempel Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Weekend Benjamin Moore 473 Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Woodland Waterfall Kelly-Moore KM3901-2 Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Clary Sage Sherwin-Williams 6178 Beige Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Urban Nature Behr S380-3 Green
• Milkweed Pod Behr S380-5 Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Bay Water warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.5 and a value of -5.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Bay Water?

Olive Sprig (1125-4), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Bay Water?

≈ 41. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.