Luxe

With an LRV of about 21, Luxe 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.

Luxe in other brands

• Blue Collar Nippon Paint NP N 1966D Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Soulful Blue Sherwin-Williams 6543 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Saphir 45 Caparol 3D Saphir 45 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Your Shadow Dunn-Edwards DE5921 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Touch Of Dutch MyPerfectColor MP10098 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Magical Twilight KILZ RB280-01 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Flower Benjamin Moore CSP-530 Grayish Blue
• Blue Benjamin Moore 832 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Luxe warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.4 and a value of 1.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Luxe?

Blue Collar (NP N 1966D), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Luxe?

≈ 21. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.