Blue

With an LRV of about 70, 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

• Swiss Mountain Nippon Paint NP BGG 2813P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Lament Blue Valspar 5001-5A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Waterfall Behr HDC-CT-16B Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Water Lily PPG 1150-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Water Lily Glidden PPG1150-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sea Foam Mist Vista C-641 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Icy Benjamin Moore 2057-70 White
• Blue Benjamin Moore 1641 Light Gray

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 -3.4 and a value of -5.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Blue?

Swiss Mountain (NP BGG 2813P), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 70. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.