Match Varsity Blues
Benjamin Moore Varsity Blues is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 14. 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.
Varsity Blues reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 15 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (18 vs 14) makes Pearl gentian blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (14 vs 8) makes Varsity Blues the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV NaN vs NaN, Mosaic Tile is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Varsity Blues the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 15 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 14 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Varsity Blues the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (14 vs 8) makes Varsity Blues the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 14 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.