Manitou Blue

With an LRV of about 25, Manitou 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.

Manitou Blue in other brands

• Sail Cover Dulux Australia S33C4 Turquoise Very close ΔE 0.8
• Sky’s Edge Voc Johnstone's Turquoise Very close ΔE 0.8
• Yacht Club KILZ RE130-01 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.8
• Aqua Blue Glidden PPG1151-5 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.8
• Aqua Blue PPG 1151-5 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.8
• Aegean Sea Dunn-Edwards DE5788 Turquoise Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Open Seas Sherwin-Williams 6500 Grayish Blue
• Silken Peacock Sherwin-Williams 9059 Teal

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Manitou Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -14.1 and a value of -13.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Manitou Blue?

Sail Cover (S33C4), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Manitou Blue?

≈ 25. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.