Blue

With an LRV of about 49, Blue 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.

Blue in other brands

• Dusty Pebble Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Pearl Grey Asian Paints K094 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Hempel 12460 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Autumn Fog Valspar 4007-1B Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Samovar Silver Sherwin-Williams 6233 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• L8500F Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Early Benjamin Moore CSP-590 Light Gray
• Adagio Benjamin Moore 1593 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.2 and b value of -1.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Blue?

Dusty Pebble (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 49. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.