Smoky Azurite

With an LRV of about 25, Smoky Azurite 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.

Smoky Azurite in other brands

• Pacific 140 Caparol 3D Pacific 140 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• China Clay Dunn-Edwards DE5802 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT K436 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Brookside Valspar 4008-6A Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Cotton Blue Jotun 4959 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• N0261N Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Baby Blue Eyes Sherwin-Williams 9070 Grayish Blue
• Inky Blue Sherwin-Williams 9149 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Smoky Azurite warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.3 and a value of -6.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Caparol color to Smoky Azurite?

Pacific 140 (3D Pacific 140), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smoky Azurite?

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