Blue

With an LRV of about 5, 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

• Chakra Blue Met. MyPerfectColor MP25373 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Astronaut Resene Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Laser 90 Caparol 3D Laser 90 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Kellands Pond Dulux Australia NZ10F6 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.4
• Florida Waters Vista C-598 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.8
• Good Karma Kelly-Moore KM4974-5 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Delphinium Benjamin Moore CC-872 Blue
• Black Benjamin Moore 2132-10 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -36.0 and a value of 12.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Blue?

Chakra Blue Met. (MP25373), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 5. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.