Airway

With an LRV of about 55, Airway reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Airway in other brands

• Bruiser Blue Kelly-Moore KM238-M Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• IKEA052 IKEA Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Elevated Behr S530-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• High Jump Nippon Paint NP PB 2890P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Angora Blue Dulux Australia S38E1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT H432 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Misty Benjamin Moore 820 Grayish Blue
• Porcelain Benjamin Moore CSP-550 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Airway warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.9 and a value of -2.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Airway?

Bruiser Blue (KM238-M), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Airway?

≈ 55. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.