Blue

With an LRV of about 68, 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

• Fondness Nippon Paint NP OW 1054P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Silky Blue Jotun 4666 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Dawn Swim Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• TVT Q460 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hempel 13830 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Ocean Crest Vista C-501 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• White Benjamin Moore 1408 White
• Silver Benjamin Moore 1598 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 -2.5 and b value of -1.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Blue?

Fondness (NP OW 1054P), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 68. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.