Aqua

With an LRV of about 41, Aqua 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. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Aqua in other brands

• Athletic Sprint Nippon Paint NP PB 2899T Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Suenos Johnstone's Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sora Sky Dulux Australia S40F3 Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Blue Parlor Vista C-609 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Victory Lake Kelly-Moore KM4972-2 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Cape Royale Berger Paints 5T1181 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Swiss Benjamin Moore 815 Light Blue
• Steel Benjamin Moore 823 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as blue
• Protanopia Reads as blue
• Tritanopia Reads as turquoise
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Aqua warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -25.7 and a value of -0.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Aqua?

Athletic Sprint (NP PB 2899T), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Aqua?

≈ 41. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.