Blue

With an LRV of about 9, 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

• Moonlight River Asian Paints 9684 Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Pacific 130 Caparol 3D Pacific 130 Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Endless Sea Sherwin-Williams 9150 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Sacrifice Kelly-Moore KM5023-5 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Quiet Storm Behr S-H-540 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• N2093H Crown Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Lucerne Benjamin Moore AF-530 Blue
• Twilight Benjamin Moore 2058-10 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns grayish blue
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns grayish blue
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -17.7 and a value of -7.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Blue?

Moonlight River (9684), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 9. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.