Blue

With an LRV of about 29, 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

• Aqua Fresco Behr M460-5 Turquoise Very close ΔE 0.4
• Water Carrier Dulux Australia S30E5 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.3
• Tidal Teal Valspar 5006-8B Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.5
• Mardi Gras Teal MyPerfectColor MP24340 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.6
• Montego Bay Dunn-Edwards DE5739 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.7
• Verona 140 Caparol 3D Verona 140 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Harbor Benjamin Moore 740 Turquoise
• Tropical Benjamin Moore 734 Teal

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns teal
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -9.4 and a value of -24.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Blue?

Aqua Fresco (M460-5), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 29. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.