Norwegian Blue

With an LRV of about 24, Norwegian 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.

Norwegian Blue in other brands

• Hempel 10390 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Western Sky Blue Glidden 30BG 22/057 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Kolya Dulux Australia SG5C4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Feldspar Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Voltage Asian Paints 8264 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Academy Gray Valspar 5001-2A Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Rainy Season Behr MQ5-27 Grayish Blue
• Rain Shadow Behr ECC-22-3 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Norwegian Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.2 and a value of -4.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Norwegian Blue?

Hempel 10390 (10390), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Norwegian Blue?

≈ 24. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.