Frank Blue

With an LRV of about 8, Frank Blue 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.

Frank Blue in other brands

• P8085K Crown Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Navy Dress KILZ RH210 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Saphir 95 Caparol 3D Saphir 95 Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Porcelain Blue Nippon Paint NP PB 1526A Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Blue Nude Dulux Australia S39G8 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Coastal Surf Kelly-Moore KM4967-5 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

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 gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Frank Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -34.8 and a value of 3.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Frank Blue?

P8085K (Crown), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Frank Blue?

≈ 8. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.