The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Aegean Olive
Benjamin Moore · 1491
Olive with the volume turned all the way down
Great Barrington Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-122
An heirloom green
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersGreat Barrington Green is the lighter of the two at LRV 21.39, 9.9 points above Aegean Olive at LRV 11.54. Both read warm. Both belong to the greens family. For a whole room, Great Barrington Green is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Aegean Olive is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsAegean Olive is a deep, greyed olive that sits closer to bronze and khaki than to anything leafy. With an LRV just under 12 it behaves like a dark neutral: it wraps a room, dissolves corners and makes cane, rattan and aged brass look expensive. It is the green you choose when you do not want the room to read as green.
Great Barrington Green is one of Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors, and it has the settled, slightly dusty quality the collection is known for — an olive with grey in it and a little yellow warmth, the green of lichen on a stone wall. At LRV 21 it is a mid-dark, strong enough for a full room.