Sophisticated Teal

With an LRV of about 15, Sophisticated Teal 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.

Sophisticated Teal in other brands

• Bowman Blue Hallman Lindsay 500 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Arcasia Arch Berger Paints 8T2652 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Bondeblå Jotun 0263 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Halifax C2 Paint C2-711 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• TVT Q517 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.0
• Fair Benjamin Moore CSP-715 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Winter In Paris Behr MQ6-03 Grayish Blue
• Wanderlust Behr T17-12 Grayish Blue

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 Turns grayish green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sophisticated Teal warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.7 and a value of -9.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Sophisticated Teal?

Bowman Blue (500), at ΔE 1.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sophisticated Teal?

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