Chinese Jade

With an LRV of about 62, Chinese Jade reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Chinese Jade in other brands

• Mineral C2 Paint C2-688 Light Green Very close ΔE 0.4
• Palo Verde KILZ TB-72 Light Green Very close ΔE 0.7
• Evening Star Nerolac evening-star Light Green Very close ΔE 0.9
• Green Ash Dulux Australia S20B1 Light Green Very close ΔE 0.9
• IKEA149 IKEA Light Green Very close ΔE 0.9
• Budding Benjamin Moore CSP-790 Light Green Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• White Radish Behr M360-2 Light Green
• Dried Chervil Behr ICC-105 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 Chinese Jade warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.7 and a value of -6.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Chinese Jade?

Mineral (C2-688), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Chinese Jade?

≈ 62. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.