Blueblood

With an LRV of about 7, Blueblood 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.

Blueblood in other brands

• Blueberry Pratt & Lambert 26-16 Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Lazur 185 Caparol 3D Lazur 185 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Dance Studio Dulux Australia S36H9 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cobalt Embrace Dulux UK 1977040 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Hempel 37150 Hempel Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Ellingson Blue Kelly-Moore AC52-B Blue Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Hyper Blue Sherwin-Williams 6965 Blue
• Honorable Blue Sherwin-Williams 6811 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blueblood warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -36.0 and a value of 0.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Pratt & Lambert color to Blueblood?

Blueberry (26-16), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blueblood?

≈ 7. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.