In the Navy

With an LRV of about 4, In the Navy 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.

In the Navy in other brands

• Willow Blue Kelly-Moore KMA35-5 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Blue Fantastic Dulux Australia S38D9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• North Benjamin Moore CC-932 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Admiral Blue Johnstone's Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Noir Pratt & Lambert 24-16 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.1
• Blazer Blue Vista K-152 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Indigo Batik Sherwin-Williams 7602 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is In the Navy warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.5 and a value of -1.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to In the Navy?

Willow Blue (KMA35-5), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of In the Navy?

≈ 4. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.