Glidden
Always Blue
PPG1156-3
Color Codes
Always Blue in Different Light
Light temperature is measured in Kelvin: a warm 2700K bulb pulls colors toward yellow, while 5000K daylight reads cooler and truer. Check the color at the time of day you actually use the room.
Artificial Lighting
Natural Lighting
Technical Specifications
Undertones
Type
Blue
Strength
Medium
Temperature
cool
Hue Angle
205°Cyan Family
Lightness
72%Light
Saturation
28%Muted
LRV
71.4LRV measures how much light a color reflects, from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white). Below about 50 a color needs good lighting to avoid going flat, 60 and up helps brighten a room, and most whites sit above 80.
Coordinating Colors and Color Palettes
Darker Shades
Monochromatic dark
Lighter Shades
Monochromatic light
Complementary
Opposite on color wheel
Analogous
Adjacent colors
Cool Shades
Cool spectrum
Closest Paint Matches
Cross-brand matches are close, never exact. Each brand uses different bases and sheens, so sample before you buy gallons.
Glidden
Always Blue
Glidden
Heavenly Blue
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Benjamin Moore
Frozen Canal
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Sunrise
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Benjamin Moore
Northern Air
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Valspar
Glacier Mist
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Behr
Partly Cloudy
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Always Blue
Valspar
Memorybook Blue
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Always Blue
Farrow & Ball
Lulworth Blue
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Benjamin Moore
Mediterranean Sky
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Always Blue
Valspar
Morris Blue