The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Aegean Olive
Benjamin Moore · 1491
Olive with the volume turned all the way down
Viridian Odyssey
Dunn-Edwards · DE1925
Ocean floor, not swimming pool
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersAegean Olive is the lighter of the two at LRV 11.54, 4.5 points above Viridian Odyssey at LRV 7. Aegean Olive leans warm where Viridian Odyssey reads cool. Aegean Olive is a greens, Viridian Odyssey a blues. For a whole room, Aegean Olive is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Viridian Odyssey 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.
Viridian Odyssey is a deep teal that reads almost black until light touches it, and then it reveals an inky blue-green with real depth. At LRV 7 it is one of the darkest colors in the library — a genuine envelope color for panelling, cabinetry and rooms meant to feel like the inside of a jewel box.