Is Voyage 4006-1B warm or cool?
Its numeric screen value is summarized as neutral (blue undertone). Surrounding flooring, daylight direction, lamps, and large fixed finishes can make the same sample read differently.
Valspar color reference
Voyage (4006-1B) by Valspar
#B5BBC0
A neutral screen color with a neutral (blue undertone) reading and LRV 49.2. Not sure it's the exact color your local store carries? Here's the closest match at each of the other four brands.
- Hex
- #B5BBC0
- RGB
- 181, 187, 192
- HSL
- 207.3°, 8%, 73.1%
- Lab D65
- 75.56, -1.12, -3.25
- LRV
- 49.2 estimated
- Undertone
- neutral (blue undertone)
In a room
Where this color can work
Voyage offers a cool, medium gray field for an office, bath, or modern bedroom where a clearer blue direction is welcome. It can sharpen white trim and coordinate with steel, glass, and blue-green accents, but may feel chilly beside cream tile. Warm wood or leather can restore balance. Inspect a large sample in both daylight and task lighting, particularly near mirrors or glossy surfaces that reflect surrounding colors back onto the wall.
Not affiliated with any paint brand. On-screen colors are approximations compiled from public references; verify with a physical swatch.
Cross-brand shortlist
Three nearby values in every other palette
Lower ΔE2000 values are closer screen approximations. They are not paint-formula conversions.
Sherwin-Williamsnearest three
Benjamin Moorenearest three
PPGnearest three
Dunn-Edwardsnearest three
Within Valspar
Similar, lighter, and darker
Provenance
Recorded source
- Color value source: https://github.com/jpederson/colornerd
- Retrieved:
- LRV is calculated from the sRGB value and is labeled as an estimate.
Saveable reference
Color and closest-match card
FAQ
Questions about Voyage
Can I use the hex #B5BBC0 for paint ordering?
No. Hex describes an sRGB screen color, not a paint tint formula. Use 4006-1B when requesting the brand color and verify a physical swatch in the intended product line.
How reliable are the matches for Voyage?
They're consistent, repeatable rankings of the screen colors. They don't account for sheen, substrate, application thickness, metamerism, or differences between paint products. In this library, the nearest cross-brand screen value is Silver Springs DE6346 by Dunn-Edwards at ΔE 1.181.
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