Lucerne

With an LRV of about 12, Lucerne 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.

Lucerne in other brands

• Harborside KILZ RD120-02 Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Ocean Storm Behr MQ5-61 Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Blue Suede Shoes Vista K-153 Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Salish Sea C2 Paint C2-745 Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Avatar Berger Paints 5D2898 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Everard Chamber Blue Pratt & Lambert CW609 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bedford Benjamin Moore 1679 Blue
• Blue Benjamin Moore 2062-30 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Lucerne warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -18.5 and a value of -7.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Lucerne?

Harborside (RD120-02), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Lucerne?

≈ 12. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.