Naval

With an LRV of about 4, Naval 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.

Naval in other brands

• Admiral Blue Johnstone's Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Ship's Officer Dulux Australia S37C9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• North Benjamin Moore CC-932 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Magic Noire Plascon B5-E1-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Willow Blue Kelly-Moore KMA35-5 Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.2
• In the Navy Vista K-800 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Indigo Batik Sherwin-Williams 7602 Grayish Blue
• Tricorn Black Sherwin-Williams 6258 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Naval warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -11.0 and a value of -1.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Naval?

Admiral Blue (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Naval?

≈ 4. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.