Blue

With an LRV of about 57, 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

• Cosmopolitan Berger Paints 8T2628 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Midsummer's Dream Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• TVT X365 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Liberty Blue 4 Dulux UK 1187560 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sea Wind Behr S480-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cool Vista KILZ RD220-01 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Blue Benjamin Moore 771 Grayish Blue
• Exhale Benjamin Moore AF-515 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.7 and a value of -7.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Blue?

Cosmopolitan (8T2628), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 57. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.