Black blue
RAL Classic's Black blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 4.6 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. 9 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
Hex
#191E28LRV
4.62
Black blue in Rooms
Follow Black blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 9 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Front Door Photos
Viewed across 2 front door images in a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression, Black blue (RAL 5004) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 4.6, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
RAL Classic 5004 front door paint
@schildersbedrijfkromme
RAL Classic Black blue front door color
@pvh_schilderwerk
2 House Photos
2 house images trace Black blue (RAL 5004) through the façade’s movement through sun, shade and season. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
RAL Classic 5004 exterior color
@rijckx_schilderwerken
RAL Classic Black blue 5004 entrance door
@interideurtje
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
Black blue (RAL 5004) brings its blue character into cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture. With an LRV of 4.6, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
RAL Classic Black blue kitchen cabinets color
@lma.paris
4 Misc Photos
Viewed across 4 misc images in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, Black blue (RAL 5004) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 4.6, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
RAL Classic Black blue painted storage
@lufufurniture
RAL Classic Black blue 5004 painted panelling
@pascoeinteriors
RAL Classic Black blue 5004 painted closets
@dsign0318
RAL Classic Black blue 5004 painted cabinets
@ramona_amodeo
Complementary Colors
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At LRV 35 vs 5, Pearl beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Brown grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 45 vs 5, Pebble grey is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 67 vs 5, Grey white is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 22 vs 5, Olive grey is decisively the brighter choice.