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Blue Nose 1678
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Undertone: Saturated blue (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Blue Nose sits at L* 54.5, a* -6.3, b* -16.8. Its hue angle is 249° and its chroma is 17.9, so it reads as an outright blue rather than a neutral. It classifies as cool. Among Benjamin Moore colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 5%.
LRV 23.8: dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 23.8, Blue Nose is lighter than 26% of Benjamin Moore colors. Absorbs most light. Good for accent walls, cabinets, doors and exteriors; needs good lighting indoors.
Closest Sherwin-Williams match to Blue Nose
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporty Blue | SW 6522 | 2.18 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Leisure Blue | SW 6515 | 3.24 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Scanda | SW 6529 | 3.28 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Blue Nose
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americana | 570D-5 | 1.94 | Very close | |
| Honest Blue | BIC-38 | 2.03 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Treasure Map | S500-5 | 2.93 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Benjamin Moore colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Nose | CC-800 | 0.00 | Practically identical | |
| Old Blue Jeans | 839 | 2.51 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Lakeside Cabin | 1658 | 3.26 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Buckland Blue | HC-151 | 3.26 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| West Coast | 1671 | 4.25 | Similar, clearly different | |
| West Coast | CC-750 | 4.25 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Benjamin Moore with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Blue Dragon 810 · lighter, LRV 27.6
- Wild Blue Yonder CSP-620 · lighter, LRV 27.0
- Poolside 775 · lighter, LRV 28.4
- Alfresco 1672 · darker, LRV 21.7
- Randolph Blue CW-615 · darker, LRV 22.2
- Fiji AF-525 · darker, LRV 21.4
Colors that go with Blue Nose
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Benjamin Moore color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Edgewood Rocks 1056 · complementary (180°)
- Baltic Sea CSP-680 · analogous (−30°)
- Stratford Blue 831 · analogous (+30°)
- Deep Mauve 1265 · triadic (120°)
- Cedar Path 454 · triadic (240°)
Blue Nose vs popular colors
- Aegean Teal (Benjamin Moore 2136-40, ΔE 9.4) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more green, more muted.
- Van Deusen Blue (Benjamin Moore HC-156, ΔE 16.8) is darker (LRV 12.0 vs 23.8), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.
- Amherst Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-167, ΔE 16.9) is darker (LRV 18.8 vs 23.8), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.