Aquitaine

With an LRV of about 38, Aquitaine is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Aquitaine in other brands

• Crashing Waves Behr S450-4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Lucy Blue Valspar 5001-5C Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Lake Placid Plascon B1-C2-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Equanimity Dulux Australia S32A3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Mischievous Evening Jotun 5107 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Hazy Seacliff Teal Glidden 30BG 37/110 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rest Assured Sherwin-Williams 9061 Grayish Blue
• Tranquil Aqua Sherwin-Williams 7611 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Aquitaine warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.5 and a value of -9.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Aquitaine?

Crashing Waves (S450-4), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Aquitaine?

≈ 38. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.