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Settled, side by side

Catalina Blue

Benjamin Moore · 703

Shelter

Portola Paints · Lime Wash

48
LRV
#ADBCB3
Hex
#8E9B8A
173 · 188 · 179
RGB
142 · 155 · 138
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Soft blue-green, a sage lean
Undertone
Mossy grey-green; lichen on stone
Blue
Family
Green
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Collection
Lime Wash

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read cool. Catalina Blue is a blue, Shelter a green.

How they read

In their own words

Despite 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.

Shelter is a Portola Lime Wash in a mossy grey-green — and because it is a lime wash, not a paint, the color is cloudy and alive, drifting between pale sage and deep moss across a single wall. The finish is chalky and matte, and it takes light the way stone does.

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