Blue

With an LRV of about 16, 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

• Blue Daze Johnstone's Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• North Sea Glidden PPG1239-6 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• North Sea PPG 1239-6 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• TVT L359 Tikkurila Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Morning Glory Jotun 4960 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Jodhpur Walls Asian Paints X195 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Finley Benjamin Moore CW-620 Blue
• Blueberry Benjamin Moore 2063-30 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as blue
• Protanopia Reads as blue
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• 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 -32.0 and a value of -7.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Blue?

Blue Daze (Johnstone's), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 16. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.