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Light Grey Blue

DecoTime Blue cool

DecoTime 187 Light Grey Blue is a light blue alcohol marker in the Blue family. It sits in the lighter value range, making it well-suited for pale sky, light water, cloudy sky. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Blue family Cool temperature 69% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Light Grey Blue
Color Family
Blue
Temperature
Cool
Lightness (HSL)
69%
Saturation (HSL)
30%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
79
Grey Lilac Perceptual L75%
CG4
Cool Grey 4 Perceptual L75%
Current Marker
187
Light Grey Blue Perceptual L76%
Highlight Side
GG3
Green Grey 3 Perceptual L79%
228
Greyish Green Sage Light Perceptual L79%

Works Well With

Highlights
67
Pastel Blue
+13 lightness
65
Ice Blue
+14 lightness
182
Frost Blue
+14 lightness
77
Pale Blue
+16 lightness
Shadows
63
Cerulean Blue
-13 lightness
262
Cerulean Blue
-14 lightness
74
Brilliant Blue
-16 lightness
64
Indian Blue
-22 lightness
Analogous Colors
75
Dark Blue Light
15° hue shift
74
Brilliant Blue
16° hue shift
178
Cool Shadow
16° hue shift
194
Midi Denim Blue
16° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

20
Terra
opposite hue
97
Rose Beige
opposite hue
100
Walnut
opposite hue
118
Choco Brownie
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 187 fits the color story by mood and hue.

👻 Icy Haunt
Moonlit aqua, spectral mint, stormy blue, and graveyard violet create a frozen haunting.
Seasonal
🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional
🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🏪 Fluorescent Store
Drugstore tubes humming at 3 a.m.; every face the color of nausea.
Lighting
🌸 Cherry Blossom Rain
Pink petals stuck to rain-darkened concrete the morning after the bloom.
Seasonal
🏥 Hospital Waiting Room
Institutional aqua walls, vinyl chair mauve, fluorescent hum — time moves differently here.
Environment
📺 Dreamcore Static
Yellow-green hallway extending past where memory ends; the carpet doesn't repeat and the doors are all wrong.
Emotional

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light vivid blue
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Light Sky
light blue
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Light Blue
light blue
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Marine Blue
deep blue
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Cerulean Blue
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Ice Blue
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76
Sky Blue
light blue
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