Blue

With an LRV of about 74, Blue reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• Cosmic Dust Kelly-Moore KM4954-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Serene Behr ICC-36 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• BANQUET HALL Nippon Paint NP PRO 0526 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Harbor Mist Glidden PPG1160-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Smoke Ring Pratt & Lambert 26-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Harbor Mist PPG 1160-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• White Benjamin Moore 879 White
• Silver Benjamin Moore 2119-60 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.2 and b value of -1.3 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Blue?

Cosmic Dust (KM4954-1), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 74. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.