Labradorite

With an LRV of about 19, Labradorite 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.

Labradorite in other brands

• Smokey Blue Behr 540F-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sorcerer's Spell PPG 10-02 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sorcerer's Spell Glidden PPG10-02 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Providence Benjamin Moore 1636 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Blue Eyed Sailor Plascon B2-D1-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Turning Skies Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Whirlpool Sherwin-Williams 9135 Grayish Blue
• Waterloo Sherwin-Williams 9141 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Labradorite warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.0 and a value of -6.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Labradorite?

Smokey Blue (540F-5), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Labradorite?

≈ 19. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.