Something Blue

With an LRV of about 63, Something 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.

Something Blue in other brands

• Days Gone By Nippon Paint NP PB 2837P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bobby Blue Half Dulux Australia S35D1H Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Postcard Perfect Berger Paints 5T1091 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Monaco Behr 550C-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Hawaiian Benjamin Moore 772 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Ariel Glidden PPG1237-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Aviary Blue Sherwin-Williams 6778 Grayish Blue
• Vast Sky Sherwin-Williams 6506 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Something Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.0 and a value of -9.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Something Blue?

Days Gone By (NP PB 2837P), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Something Blue?

≈ 63. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.