Scanda

With an LRV of about 25, Scanda 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.

Scanda in other brands

• Old Benjamin Moore 839 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Dusk Sky Pratt & Lambert 27-23 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Piece of the Sky Vista K-123 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Americana Behr 570D-5 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Distant Sky Dulux Australia S39D4 Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Ashberry Nerolac 2355 Blue Close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Bluesy Note Sherwin-Williams 9064 Grayish Blue
• Denim Sherwin-Williams 6523 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Scanda warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -19.0 and a value of -4.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Scanda?

Old (839), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Scanda?

≈ 25. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.