Ombre Blue

With an LRV of about 40, Ombre Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Ombre Blue in other brands

• Blue Pot Vista C-623 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Water Splash KILZ RD160-02 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Arctic Ice Nerolac 2395 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Blue Pot Hallman Lindsay 624 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Streaming Water Nippon Paint NP N 3300P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cobalt Dust Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Caspian Tide Behr PPU14-13 Grayish Blue
• Sonata Blue Behr BNC-08 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 light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Ombre Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.5 and a value of -3.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Ombre Blue?

Blue Pot (C-623), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Ombre Blue?

≈ 40. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.