Blue

With an LRV of about 46, Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blue in other brands

• Princely Kelly-Moore KM220-M Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Twilight Blue Glidden 50BB 46/110 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT X350 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hush Lilac KILZ RB160-01 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Meadow Phlox Behr S540-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Lake Aviemore Dulux Australia NZ10F2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Feather Benjamin Moore 1431 Grayish Blue
• Dreamy Benjamin Moore 1425 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.5 and a value of 2.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Blue?

Princely (KM220-M), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 46. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.