Ashwood

With an LRV of about 63, Ashwood 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.

Ashwood in other brands

• Seaside Pleasure Vista K-181 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Salt Spray Half Dulux Australia S33B1H Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Pottery Blue Plascon B1-B2-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Biscayne Blue Glidden 30BG 64/108 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Arctis 85 Caparol 3D Arctis 85 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• L8610X Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tear Benjamin Moore 2060-70 Grayish Blue
• Cape Benjamin Moore 1642 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Ashwood warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.4 and a value of -7.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Ashwood?

Seaside Pleasure (K-181), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Ashwood?

≈ 63. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.