Blue

With an LRV of about 15, 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

• Lady Vanessa Berger Paints 6D1207 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Spaceman Dulux Australia S41D6 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Blue Lead MyPerfectColor MP6059 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Enduring Behr 610D-6 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 2.0
• Grape Haze Glidden PPG1168-6 Blue Close ΔE 2.3
• Grape Haze PPG 1168-6 Blue Close ΔE 2.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Stratford Benjamin Moore 831 Grayish Blue
• Kensington Benjamin Moore 840 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -16.6 and a value of 1.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Blue?

Lady Vanessa (6D1207), at ΔE 1.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 15. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.