Honorable Blue

With an LRV of about 6, Honorable 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.

Honorable Blue in other brands

• Assault Dulux Australia S39F9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sailor Suit Pratt & Lambert 27-16 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Puget Sound Blue MyPerfectColor MP11584 Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Patriot Benjamin Moore 2064-20 Blue Close ΔE 2.0
• Hacienda Tavalera Johnstone's Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.4
• Laser 85 Caparol 3D Laser 85 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Frank Blue Sherwin-Williams 6967 Blue
• Anchors Aweigh Sherwin-Williams 9179 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Honorable Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -32.5 and a value of 3.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Honorable Blue?

Assault (S39F9), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Honorable Blue?

≈ 6. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.