Mild Blue

With an LRV of about 65, Mild Blue reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Mild Blue in other brands

• Blackberry Nerolac 2875 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• MOON SPARKLE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0527 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Polar Drift Behr PPU14-17 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT Q442 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Beacon Benjamin Moore 2128-60 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Niagara Blues 5 Dulux UK 1186970 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Marshmallow Sherwin-Williams 7001 White
• Niebla Azul Sherwin-Williams 9137 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Mild Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.1 and a value of -2.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Mild Blue?

Blackberry (2875), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mild Blue?

≈ 65. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.