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

• Scuro Blue MyPerfectColor MP5264 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Senate Blue Nippon Paint NP PB 1513D Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Blueberry Patch Johnstone's Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Violet Sea Jotun 4525 Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Hempel 35080 Hempel Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Allegiance Dulux Australia S40D6 Blue Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Yin Benjamin Moore 824 Blue
• Indi Benjamin Moore CSP-565 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -22.3 and a value of 3.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Blue?

Scuro Blue (MP5264), at ΔE 1.3. 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.