Minor Blue

With an LRV of about 69, Minor 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.

Minor Blue in other brands

• Blue Waltz Berger Paints 5P0139 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Summer Medley 4 Dulux UK 1187193 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Surf Spray Valspar 5002-7B Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT G363 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• IKEA083 IKEA Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Blue Glint Quarter Dulux Australia S33D1Q Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sky High Sherwin-Williams 6504 White
• Stream Sherwin-Williams 6499 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Minor Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.7 and a value of -11.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Minor Blue?

Blue Waltz (5P0139), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Minor Blue?

≈ 69. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.