Shadow Blue

With an LRV of about 45, Shadow 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.

Shadow Blue in other brands

• Fishing Trip Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• French Benjamin Moore CSP-595 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Adonis Blue Plascon B2-D2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• TVT Q444 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Grand Bay Kelly-Moore KM3804-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Blade Runner Nippon Paint NP N 3077P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• English Hollyhock Behr HDC-CT-16A Grayish Blue
• Dusty Denim Behr N480-4A Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Shadow Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.8 and a value of -3.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Shadow Blue?

Fishing Trip (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Shadow Blue?

≈ 45. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.