Match Blue Danube
Benjamin Moore Blue Danube is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 11. 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 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 11 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Blue Danube reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Blue Danube reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Passageway reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 13 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 17.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.