Paradiso

With an LRV of about 52, Paradiso reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Paradiso in other brands

• SOON-TO-BE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0438 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Aqua Pura Plascon G7-C2-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Blue Spruce Dunn-Edwards DE5772 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• K4520X Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Spring Storm Behr S450-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Jewelled Creek 4 Dulux UK 1186850 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Dusky Benjamin Moore 1640 Light Gray
• Silken Benjamin Moore CSP-670 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Paradiso warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.5 and a value of -8.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Paradiso?

SOON-TO-BE (NP PRO 0438), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Paradiso?

≈ 52. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.