The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
A coastal blue that leans quietly green
Cedar Grove
Benjamin Moore · 444
Sage that reads at a distance
In real rooms
Every room, each colorCatalina Blue
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersCatalina Blue is the lighter of the two at LRV 48, 1.7 points above Cedar Grove at LRV 46.34. Both read cool. Catalina Blue is a blues, Cedar Grove a greens. For a whole room, Catalina Blue is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Cedar Grove is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsDespite the name, Catalina Blue lives in the soft territory where blue meets green. It is a muted, sea-glass color — grey enough to stay calm, green enough to feel coastal — that shifts between blue and sage depending on the light it's given.
Cedar Grove is a mid-light sage — green enough to be clearly a color from across the room, grey enough never to look minty. At LRV 46 it sits in the sweet spot for a full-room green: it holds its tone in daylight and softens rather than muddies as the light fades.