Blue

With an LRV of about 25, 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

• Integrity Behr P530-5 Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Orbital Kelly-Moore KM5638-3 Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• TVT U206 Tikkurila Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Mountain Lake Valspar 4006-8B Blue Very close ΔE 2.0
• Lazur 205 Caparol 3D Lazur 205 Blue Close ΔE 2.2
• Mystic Mauve 2 Dulux UK 1187593 Blue Close ΔE 2.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Brazilian Benjamin Moore 817 Blue
• Waterdrop Benjamin Moore CC-902 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -35.8 and a value of 3.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Blue?

Integrity (P530-5), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 25. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.