Blue

With an LRV of about 55, 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

• Filippa Dulux Australia SG5D1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Floating Blue Behr HDC-SM14-8 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Billowy Breeze Sherwin-Williams 9055 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Restful Retreat Hallman Lindsay 497 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Blue Spruce Dunn-Edwards DE5772 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Rain Shower Nippon Paint NP N 3292P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Glacier Benjamin Moore 1653 Light Gray
• Buxton Benjamin Moore HC-149 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.5 and a value of -6.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Blue?

Filippa (SG5D1), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 55. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.