Inky Blue

With an LRV of about 15, Inky 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.

Inky Blue in other brands

• Blue Truth MyPerfectColor MP5488 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Forest River Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Marine Bay KILZ RD100-01 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Mozart Benjamin Moore 1665 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Oceanic Dulux Australia S36B5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Empire Fleet Blue Valspar 4006-6C Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Leisure Blue Sherwin-Williams 6515 Grayish Blue
• Endless Sea Sherwin-Williams 9150 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Inky Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -15.6 and a value of -6.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Inky Blue?

Blue Truth (MP5488), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Inky Blue?

≈ 15. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.