Blue

With an LRV of about 5, 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

• Blue Mix Dulux Australia SB8F9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Enchanted Evening Berger Paints 5A0303 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Martian Skies 1 Dulux UK 1186903 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.2
• Newport Indigo Vista C-1378 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.6
• Very Blue MyPerfectColor MP10259 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.7
• Newport Indigo Hallman Lindsay historic-newport-indigo Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Wizard Benjamin Moore CC-966 Blue
• Black Benjamin Moore 2132-10 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blue warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -25.4 and a value of 10.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Blue?

Blue Mix (SB8F9), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blue?

≈ 5. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.