Nypd

With an LRV of about 15, Nypd 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.

Nypd in other brands

• Union Blue Glidden 70BG 15/076 Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Jungle Mist Plascon B3-E1-3 Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Big Daddy Blue Kelly-Moore KM5811-3 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Deep Lagoon Vista C-506 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sheffield Grey Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Deep Lagoon Hallman Lindsay 507 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Adirondack Blue Behr N480-5 Grayish Blue
• Thunder Bay Behr ECC-35-3 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Nypd warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.9 and a value of -3.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Nypd?

Union Blue (70BG 15/076), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nypd?

≈ 15. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.