Jay Blue

With an LRV of about 10, Jay 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.

Jay Blue in other brands

• Sea Cave Dulux Australia S34G8 Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Blue Flame PPG 1157-7 Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Blue Flame Glidden PPG1157-7 Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Sapphire Sparkle Behr S-H-550 Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Ink Blotch Dunn-Edwards DE5839 Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Orient Resene Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Danube Sherwin-Williams 6803 Blue
• Dignity Blue Sherwin-Williams 6804 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Jay Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -29.8 and a value of -7.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Jay Blue?

Sea Cave (S34G8), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Jay Blue?

≈ 10. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.