LINQ to find the closest number that is greater / less than an input

Question

Suppose I have this number list:

List = new List(){3,5,8,11,12,13,14,21}

Suppose that I want to get the closest number th

Answer 1

var list = new List {14,2,13,11,5,8,21,12,3};
var tested = 11;

var closestGreater = list.OrderBy(n => n)
                         .FirstOrDefault(n => tested < n); // = 12

var closestLess = list.OrderByDescending(n => n)
                      .FirstOrDefault(n => tested > n); // = 8

if (closestGreater == 0)
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(
        string.Format("No number greater then {0} exists in the list", tested));

if (closestLess == 0)
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(
        string.Format("No number smaler then {0} exists in the list", tested));