Anchors Aweigh

With an LRV of about 3, Anchors Aweigh 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.

Anchors Aweigh in other brands

• Pacific Line Dulux Australia S41B9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Dock Blue Little Greene Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Slow Swing Dulux UK 3057034 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.4
• 100% Lavendel Flexa Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.4
• Midnight Sapphire Johnstone's Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.5
• Black as Night Plascon B6-E1-1 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Charcoal Blue Sherwin-Williams 2739 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Anchors Aweigh warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -9.4 and a value of -0.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Anchors Aweigh?

Pacific Line (S41B9), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Anchors Aweigh?

≈ 3. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.