English Channel

With an LRV of about 11, English Channel 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.

English Channel in other brands

• Edinburgh Shadows Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Mountain River Valspar 4005-6C Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Da Blues Dulux Australia S37B6 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Lago 40 Caparol 3D Lago 40 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Splashing Pond Plascon B5-D1-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Blue Zephyr Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Layers Of Ocean Behr S520-6 Grayish Blue
• Twilight Chimes Behr 560F-7 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is English Channel warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.5 and a value of -2.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to English Channel?

Edinburgh Shadows (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of English Channel?

≈ 11. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.