Blue

With an LRV of about 47, Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• Salt Water Dulux Australia S36G2 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Washed Away KILZ RD180-02 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT J357 Tikkurila Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Blue Monday Nippon Paint NP PB 1549T Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Picture Perfect Berger Paints 5T1116 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Simply Posh Behr MQ5-55 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bluebelle Benjamin Moore 2064-60 Light Blue
• Soft Benjamin Moore 809 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -17.4 and a value of -7.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Blue?

Salt Water (S36G2), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 47. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.