Blue

With an LRV of about 51, Blue 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.

Blue in other brands

• Ocean Drive PPG 1040-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ocean Drive Glidden PPG1040-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT 5844 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Concrete Shell Plascon TFW 4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Parma Gray Farrow & Ball 27 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Liberty Gray Behr 570E-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Early Benjamin Moore CSP-590 Light Gray
• Winter Benjamin Moore 2129-50 Grayish Blue

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?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.7 and a value of -3.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Blue?

Ocean Drive (1040-3), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 51. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.