Blue

With an LRV of about 70, Blue reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• TVT X360 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.0
• Azure Sky 6 Dulux UK 1187387 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Blue Chiffon Kelly-Moore KM302-L Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gulmarg Winters Asian Paints 9656 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Serene Sky Behr 540C-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rain Dance Valspar 5001-9A Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tear Benjamin Moore 2060-70 Grayish Blue
• Blue Benjamin Moore 1655 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.3 and a value of -8.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Blue?

TVT X360 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 70. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.