Billowy Breeze

With an LRV of about 54, Billowy Breeze 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.

Billowy Breeze in other brands

• Filippa Dulux Australia SG5D1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Brighton Little Greene Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Blue Benjamin Moore 1668 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Gentle Sea Behr S470-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Lazy Afternoon Plascon B1-C2-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Hempel 30731 Hempel Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Atmospheric Sherwin-Williams 6505 Grayish Blue
• Stardew Sherwin-Williams 9138 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Billowy Breeze warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.7 and a value of -6.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Billowy Breeze?

Filippa (SG5D1), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Billowy Breeze?

≈ 54. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.