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

• Sea Exposure Valspar 5005-8B Turquoise Very close ΔE 0.9
• Flood Out Dulux Australia S32D4 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.2
• Connoisseur Blue Nerolac 4236 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.6
• Teal Lake Vista K-210 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.7
• Turquoise Behr BIC-53 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.8
• Ocean Turquoise Johnstone's Turquoise Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Seaside Benjamin Moore 725 Turquoise
• Baltic Benjamin Moore CSP-680 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• 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 -11.6 and a value of -19.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Blue?

Sea Exposure (5005-8B), at ΔE 0.9. 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.