Blue

With an LRV of about 62, Blue reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• Trustworthy Blue Nippon Paint NP PB 2827P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.0
• Swiss Iris Jotun 4198 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Coelin 120 Caparol 3D Coelin 120 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Soft Sail Plascon B2-A2-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Dockside Dunn-Edwards DE5806 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Wavecrest Half Dulux Australia S36C1H Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bashful Benjamin Moore 2065-70 Grayish Blue
• Mediterranean Benjamin Moore 1662 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.4 and a value of -7.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Blue?

Trustworthy Blue (NP PB 2827P), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 62. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.