Compass Blue

With an LRV of about 6, Compass Blue absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Compass Blue in other brands

• China Silk Nerolac 2466 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Atomic Resene Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Lazur 95 Caparol 3D Lazur 95 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Armada Asian Paints 0U29 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Passionate Blueberry Kelly-Moore KM4988-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• TVT N357 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Infinite Deep Sea Behr S500-7 Grayish Blue
• Limousine Leather Behr MQ5-05 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Compass Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -14.1 and a value of -1.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Compass Blue?

China Silk (2466), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Compass Blue?

≈ 6. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.