Windy Blue

With an LRV of about 48, Windy Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Windy Blue in other brands

• Overcast Sky Dunn-Edwards DE5821 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rain Tikkurila J490 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Serene Setting Plascon B3-C2-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Palisade Blue Valspar 4006-3B Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Calming Space Behr ICC-45 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Lago 85 Caparol 3D Lago 85 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Wondrous Blue Sherwin-Williams 6807 Grayish Blue
• Aleutian Sherwin-Williams 6241 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Windy Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.9 and a value of -3.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Windy Blue?

Overcast Sky (DE5821), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Windy Blue?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.