Indigo Batik

With an LRV of about 8, Indigo Batik 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.

Indigo Batik in other brands

• TVT M437 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Navy Damask Kelly-Moore KM4995-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Hudson Benjamin Moore 1680 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Midnight Mosaic Behr HDC-SM14-7 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pluto Asian Paints 7301 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Blue Bottle Dulux Australia S37D8 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Denim Sherwin-Williams 6523 Grayish Blue
• Naval Sherwin-Williams 6244 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Indigo Batik warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -13.3 and a value of -1.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Indigo Batik?

TVT M437 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Indigo Batik?

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