Wishful Blue

With an LRV of about 72, Wishful Blue reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Wishful Blue in other brands

• Artistic Flair Nippon Paint NP PB 2918P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Q3720N Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Blue Bayou Quarter Dulux Australia S41D1Q Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Icy Waterfall Glidden 10BB 73/045 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Irradiant Iris PPG 1171-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sweet Harbor Behr 630C-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• White Flour Sherwin-Williams 7102 White
• Repose Gray Sherwin-Williams 7015 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• 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 Wishful Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.0 and a value of 0.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Wishful Blue?

Artistic Flair (NP PB 2918P), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Wishful Blue?

≈ 72. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.