Blue

With an LRV of about 15, Blue 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.

Blue in other brands

• Bazaar Behr UL180-26 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Chester Brown Dunn-Edwards DE6147 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
• Wine Cork Kelly-Moore KM4645-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• TVT Q605 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Cozy Cabin Asian Paints 8509 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Ground Nutmeg Glidden 10YY 16/217 Brown Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Edgewood Benjamin Moore 1056 Brown
• Charleston Benjamin Moore HC-186 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 21.3 and a value of 5.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Blue?

Bazaar (UL180-26), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 15. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.