Blue Smoke
PPG Blue Smoke (PPG1153-3) carries the measured structure of its color data and the less predictable beauty of paint in a finished space. Its blue classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#d7e0e2LRV
73.00
Blue Smoke's Color Strip
Blue Smoke is the third shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Artemesia and Chambray. The strip spans from Ice Castles at the lightest end to Sailor's Coat at the deepest. Browsing strip PPG1153 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Coordinating Colors
Blue Smoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
A 3-point LRV gap (76 vs 73) makes Oatmeal the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 88 vs 73, Delicate White is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Blue Smoke is a soft, shaded, arctic blue with a twilight undertone. It is a perfect paint color for an urban inspired room. Pair it with deeper gray-blues.