Blue

With an LRV of about 43, Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• Batch Blue Dulux Australia S35C2 Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• TVT V362 Tikkurila Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Frozen Stream Plascon B2-B1-4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Gauguin Blue Asian Paints 7344 Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Bonnie Blue Dunn-Edwards DE5807 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Mountain main Vista C-651 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Crisp Benjamin Moore 780 Light Blue
• I've Benjamin Moore 774 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -16.0 and a value of -9.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Blue?

Batch Blue (S35C2), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 43. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.