Adriatic Sea

With an LRV of about 10, Adriatic Sea 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Adriatic Sea in other brands

• Anas Teal MyPerfectColor MP12026 Blue Very close ΔE 0.0
• Luna Landscape 1 Dulux UK 1186887 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Blue Flame Johnstone's Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Blue Maritime Pratt & Lambert 23-16 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Blue By You Kelly-Moore KM3152-5 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Deepsea Nippon Paint NP PB 1554A Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Down Pour Sherwin-Williams 6516 Blue
• Loyal Blue Sherwin-Williams 6510 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns teal
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Adriatic Sea warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -25.1 and a value of -11.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Adriatic Sea?

Anas Teal (MP12026), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Adriatic Sea?

≈ 10. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.