Slate

With an LRV of about 8, Slate 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.

Slate in other brands

• Deep Lake Dulux Australia S34D8 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Teal Shadow Kelly-Moore AC235-B Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Navy Teal Dunn-Edwards DE5832 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Blue Grotto C2 Paint C2-726 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Celestial Blue 1 Dulux UK 1186539 Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Forgotten Lake Johnstone's Blue Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bainbridge Benjamin Moore 749 Blue
• Hidden Benjamin Moore CSP-690 Dark 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 dark blue
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns teal
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Slate warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -18.1 and a value of -10.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Slate?

Deep Lake (S34D8), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Slate?

≈ 8. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.