Blue

With an LRV of about 50, 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

• Orchidarium Berger Paints 6T1268 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.0
• Royal Mist Nippon Paint NP PB 1474P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Madder Blue Dunn-Edwards DE5926 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Secrecy Nerolac 4845 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Lilac Heather 3 Dulux UK 1187564 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Fragile Dulux Australia S43D2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Purple Benjamin Moore 2068-60 Grayish Blue
• Central Benjamin Moore 1412 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.7 and a value of 4.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Blue?

Orchidarium (6T1268), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 50. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.