Embellished Blue

With an LRV of about 79, Embellished Blue reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Embellished Blue in other brands

• TVT Y371 Tikkurila Light Green Very close ΔE 0.3
• Otto Ice Quarter Dulux Australia S26E1Q Light Green Very close ΔE 0.4
• Alpine Forest Dulux UK 1977008 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.5
• Vleugje Branding Flexa Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.5
• Lakeshore Benjamin Moore 848 Light Green Very close ΔE 0.6
• Misty Avalon Berger Paints 4P0100 Light Green Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• High Reflective White Sherwin-Williams 7757 White
• Waterscape Sherwin-Williams 6470 Light Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as white
• Protanopia Reads as white
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Embellished Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of 2.1 and a value of -8.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Embellished Blue?

TVT Y371 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Embellished Blue?

≈ 79. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.