Normandy

With an LRV of about 20, Normandy 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.

Normandy in other brands

• Ocean Storms Vista C-505 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ocean Storms Hallman Lindsay 506 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Five Fingers Peninsula Dulux Australia NZ10A9 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Mica Creek Dunn-Edwards DE5823 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Bay Wharf Kelly-Moore KM5805-3 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• TVT N490 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Mineral Benjamin Moore 1622 Grayish Blue
• Powell Benjamin Moore CW-665 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• 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 Normandy warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.0 and a value of -3.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Normandy?

Ocean Storms (C-505), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Normandy?

≈ 20. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.