Montpelier

With an LRV of about 21, Montpelier 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.

Montpelier in other brands

• Atlantic Shoreline Behr PPU13-04 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Zen Retreat Plascon B2-E1-4 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Taliesin Blue Dunn-Edwards DEC798 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Oyster Blue Kelly-Moore KM4874-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• TVT S492 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Black Hills Nerolac 2952 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Amsterdam Benjamin Moore AF-550 Grayish Blue
• Blue Benjamin Moore 1637 Gray

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 Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Montpelier warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.6 and a value of -3.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Montpelier?

Atlantic Shoreline (PPU13-04), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Montpelier?

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