Blue

With an LRV of about 26, 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

• Lazur 170 Caparol 3D Lazur 170 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Heavenly Sky Vista C-617 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Sapphire Springs 5 Dulux UK 1187117 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Cook's Blue Farrow & Ball 237 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Heavenly Sky Hallman Lindsay 618 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Distant Sky Dulux Australia S39D4 Blue Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Steel Benjamin Moore 823 Blue
• Nile Benjamin Moore CSP-560 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -23.7 and a value of -2.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Caparol color to Blue?

Lazur 170 (3D Lazur 170), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 26. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.