Blue

With an LRV of about 28, 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

• Island Breeze Johnstone's Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.5
• Aqua Dance Valspar 5002-8B Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.6
• Hippie Blue Resene Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.7
• Exude Honey Jotun 5281 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.8
• Aqua Blue Glidden PPG1151-5 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.9
• Aqua Blue PPG 1151-5 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bayville Benjamin Moore 747 Turquoise
• Salzburg Benjamin Moore 755 Teal

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -15.5 and a value of -16.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Blue?

Island Breeze (Johnstone's), at ΔE 1.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 28. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.