Alfresco

With an LRV of about 21, Alfresco 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. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Alfresco in other brands

• Blue Prince Dulux Australia S36A4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• TVT Q471 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Windy Seas Behr ECC-31-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Artifact PPG 10-16 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Artifact Glidden PPG10-16 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• N5211T Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Polaris Benjamin Moore 1649 Grayish Blue
• Thousand Benjamin Moore 1645 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Alfresco warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.6 and a value of -5.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Alfresco?

Blue Prince (S36A4), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Alfresco?

≈ 21. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.