Denim

With an LRV of about 14, Denim 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.

Denim in other brands

• Starfish Dulux Australia S39C6 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Titanium Blue Berger Paints 7A3007 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hempel 35810 Hempel Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Blue Period MyPerfectColor MP4520 Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• TVT L431 Tikkurila Blue Very close ΔE 2.0
• Blue Cloud Johnstone's Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Searching Blue Sherwin-Williams 6536 Grayish Blue
• Endless Sea Sherwin-Williams 9150 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Denim warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -17.0 and a value of -3.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Denim?

Starfish (S39C6), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Denim?

≈ 14. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.