Amsterdam

With an LRV of about 29, Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam in other brands

• Poolhouse Sherwin-Williams 7603 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Delta Blue Kelly-Moore 211 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Stray Gray KILZ RE120-01 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Lost At Sea Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Blue Fox Pratt & Lambert 26-20 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Whale Of A Time Berger Paints 8T2669 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Slate Benjamin Moore 1648 Grayish Blue
• Montpelier Benjamin Moore AF-555 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Amsterdam warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.0 and a value of -4.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Amsterdam?

Poolhouse (7603), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Amsterdam?

≈ 29. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.