Color of the weekCalke Green · Farrow & Ball No. 34

Settled, side by side

Little Falls

Benjamin Moore · 1621

Catalina Blue

Benjamin Moore · 703

41.07
LRV
48
Catalina Blue is 6.9 points lighter
#9EADB7
Hex
#ADBCB3
158 · 173 · 183
RGB
173 · 188 · 179
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Dusty steel blue with grey; a denim that has been washed many times
Undertone
Soft blue-green, a sage lean
Blue
Family
Blue
Classics Color Collection
Collection
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The difference

Read from the numbers

Catalina Blue is the lighter of the two at LRV 48, 6.9 points above Little Falls at LRV 41.07. Both read cool. Both belong to the blue family. For a whole room, Catalina Blue is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Little Falls is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Little Falls is a mid-tone, grey-softened blue with the ease of well-worn denim. At LRV 41 it holds its color in daylight without ever becoming bright, and its grey base keeps it from reading as nursery blue. It is calm without being cold.

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.

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