Agapanthus

With an LRV of about 56, Agapanthus reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Agapanthus in other brands

• Prim Blue Dunn-Edwards DE5898 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Feather Benjamin Moore 1431 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• TVT H350 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Genevieve Vista C-1273 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Hindsight Dulux Australia S41G1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Rain Dance Nippon Paint NP PB 1452P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Breathtaking Sherwin-Williams 6814 Grayish Blue
• Awesome Violet Sherwin-Williams 6815 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Agapanthus warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -13.6 and a value of 1.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Agapanthus?

Prim Blue (DE5898), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Agapanthus?

≈ 56. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.