The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Great Barrington Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-122
An heirloom green
Kennebunkport Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-123
The green of a summer house in Maine
In real rooms
Every room, each colorKennebunkport Green
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersKennebunkport Green is the lighter of the two at LRV 31.32, 9.9 points above Great Barrington Green at LRV 21.39. Both read warm. Both belong to the greens family. For a whole room, Kennebunkport Green is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Great Barrington Green is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsGreat 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.
Kennebunkport Green is a soft, greyed sage-olive from Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors — the green of hedges seen in shade rather than sun. At LRV 31 it is a true mid-tone: a color, not a neutral, but a gentle one that never shouts.