Blue

With an LRV of about 80, Blue reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• Ice Cold Dunn-Edwards DE5784 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Frosted Ice Berger Paints 5P0123 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Amador Kelly-Moore KM277-L Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Snowdrop Behr 530A-1 White Very close ΔE 0.9
• River Flow Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• L4770W Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Snow Benjamin Moore 2122-70 White
• Ashwood Benjamin Moore 1654 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as white
• Protanopia Reads as white
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.6 and a value of -6.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Blue?

Ice Cold (DE5784), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 80. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.