Blue Willow

With an LRV of about 40, Blue Willow 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.

Blue Willow in other brands

• Gull Grey Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Niagara Blues 3 Dulux UK 1186968 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Causeway Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Soft Traditional Blue Glidden 70BG 41/076 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Little Benjamin Moore 1621 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pacific 70 Caparol 3D Pacific 70 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Boot Cut Behr S510-2 Grayish Blue
• Coastal Vista Behr PPU14-06 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue Willow warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.0 and a value of -3.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Blue Willow?

Gull Grey (Resene), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue Willow?

≈ 40. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.