Blue

With an LRV of about 23, 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

• Twilight Stroll PPG 10-03 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Twilight Stroll Glidden PPG10-03 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Winter In Paris Behr MQ6-03 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Delft Blue Pratt & Lambert 24-21 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Baritone Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Aquagris MyPerfectColor MP3559 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Province Benjamin Moore 2135-40 Grayish Blue
• Bella Benjamin Moore 720 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.7 and a value of -8.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Blue?

Twilight Stroll (10-03), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 23. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.