Interesting Aqua

With an LRV of about 41, Interesting Aqua is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Interesting Aqua in other brands

• Silken Benjamin Moore CSP-670 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bucolic Blue Behr BXC-28 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Blue By You Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Glacon Blue Met. MyPerfectColor MP22090 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Blue Arrow Valspar 5001-3C Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Hempel 12600 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Niebla Azul Sherwin-Williams 9137 Light Gray
• Delft Sherwin-Williams 9134 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Interesting Aqua warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.9 and a value of -6.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Interesting Aqua?

Silken (CSP-670), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Interesting Aqua?

≈ 41. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.