Wondrous Blue

With an LRV of about 59, Wondrous 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.

Wondrous Blue in other brands

• TVT X354 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• OLOMOUC Nippon Paint NP PRO 0427 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sail Away Vista K-117 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Impressionist Sky Behr 580C-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pale Wedgwood Little Greene Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Fresh Outlook Berger Paints 5T1155 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rhythmic Blue Sherwin-Williams 6806 Light Gray
• Windy Blue Sherwin-Williams 6240 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• 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 Wondrous Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.3 and a value of -3.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Wondrous Blue?

TVT X354 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Wondrous Blue?

≈ 59. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.