Match Blue Note
Benjamin Moore Blue Note is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 9. 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 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (9 vs 6) makes Blue Note the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Blue Note reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.