Dutch Tile Blue

With an LRV of about 39, Dutch Tile Blue 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.

Dutch Tile Blue in other brands

• Northern Comets Nippon Paint NP N 2014P Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Polaris Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Silver Mountain Creek Green Glidden 70GG 38/059 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Darjeeling Jotun 6236 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Beacon Fog Vista C-489 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Hempel 44092 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rain Sherwin-Williams 6219 Light Gray
• Delft Sherwin-Williams 9134 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Dutch Tile Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.0 and a value of -5.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Dutch Tile Blue?

Northern Comets (NP N 2014P), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dutch Tile Blue?

≈ 39. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.