Match Bashful Blue
Benjamin Moore Bashful Blue is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 74. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Bashful Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Bashful Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Bashful Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Bashful Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 71) makes Bashful Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Delicate Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Bashful Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Bashful Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Bashful Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Signal White reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.