Rhythmic Blue

With an LRV of about 69, Rhythmic 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.

Rhythmic Blue in other brands

• Simply Elegant Glidden PPG1155-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Simply Elegant PPG 10-26 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• N2670U Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cleopatra Nerolac 2398 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sprout .03 Colorhouse Sprout-03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Precious Dew Drop Vista K-126 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sky High Sherwin-Williams 6504 White
• Upward Sherwin-Williams 6239 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• 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 Rhythmic Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.6 and a value of -3.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Rhythmic Blue?

Simply Elegant (PPG1155-3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rhythmic Blue?

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