Moody Blue

With an LRV of about 26, Moody 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.

Moody Blue in other brands

• Miracle Bay Hallman Lindsay 471 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• K8270X Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Smooth Waters Plascon G7-D1-4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Darlington Nerolac 2978 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT V441 Tikkurila Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.2
• Miracle Bay Vista C-470 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Delft Sherwin-Williams 9134 Light Gray
• Riverway Sherwin-Williams 6222 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 Moody Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.3 and a value of -7.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Moody Blue?

Miracle Bay (471), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Moody Blue?

≈ 26. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.