Blue

With an LRV of about 24, 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

• Kuta Surf Dulux Australia S35C4 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Atlantic Swell Johnstone's Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Blue Chaise Behr 550D-6 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Tivoli Little Greene Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Secure Blue Sherwin-Williams 6508 Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Deep Water Asian Paints 9223 Turquoise Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• I've Benjamin Moore 774 Blue
• Randolph Benjamin Moore CW-615 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -19.5 and a value of -11.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Blue?

Kuta Surf (S35C4), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 24. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.