Bistro Blue
Benjamin Moore's Bistro Blue is a purple shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 13.3 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. 1 sourced room photo offers a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
Hex
#53588ALRV
13.33
Bistro Blue in Rooms
Follow Bistro Blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 1 sourced room photo offers a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Front Door Photo
Bistro Blue (1421) can change noticeably under direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Front door painted Bistro Blue welcomes visitors with classic blue charm.
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Coordinating Colors
Marblehead Gold reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 13), opening up a space where Bistro Blue encloses it.
Winter Solstice reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 13), opening up a space where Bistro Blue encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 13, White Christmas is decisively the brighter choice.
Mountain Peak White reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 13), opening up a space where Bistro Blue encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 47 vs 13, Himalayan Trek is decisively the brighter choice.
Briarwood reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 13), opening up a space where Bistro Blue encloses it.
At LRV 48 vs 13, Thunder is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (20 vs 13) makes Cromwell Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 33 vs 13, River Gorge Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 13, Tavern Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Bistro Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
This blue-violet hue offers an eclectic appeal.