The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Coat of Arms
Benjamin Moore · 763
The teal that behaves like a navy
Viridian Odyssey
Dunn-Edwards · DE1925
Ocean floor, not swimming pool
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersCoat of Arms is the lighter of the two at LRV 14.74, 7.7 points above Viridian Odyssey at LRV 7. Both read cool. Both belong to the blues family. For a whole room, Coat of Arms is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Viridian Odyssey is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsCoat of Arms is a deep, grey-tempered teal — blue enough to anchor a room the way a navy would, green enough to feel alive against wood, brass and raffia. At LRV 14.7 it is a genuinely dark color, and that darkness is where its elegance lives: it recedes, it flatters everything placed against it, and it never looks like a color that is trying.
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.