Blue

With an LRV of about 23, 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

• TVT S438 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Chalky Blue Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Lyric Blue Behr HDC-AC-24 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Ravine C2 Paint C2-731 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Kolya Dulux Australia SG5C4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Blustery Sky Sherwin-Williams 9140 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Franklin Benjamin Moore 1643 Grayish Blue
• Hamilton Benjamin Moore HC-191 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns grayish green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.3 and a value of -6.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Blue?

TVT S438 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 23. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.