The Color Digest · Compare

Settled, side by side

Little Falls

Benjamin Moore · 1621

Faded denim for the walls

Stonington Gray

Benjamin Moore · HC-170

The grey that does not pick a side

41.07
LRV
59.36
Stonington Gray is 18.3 points lighter
#9EADB7
Hex
#CACBC5
158 · 173 · 183
RGB
202 · 203 · 197
Cool
Warmth
Neutral
Little Falls is cool; Stonington Gray is neutral.
Dusty steel blue with grey; a denim that has been washed many times
Undertone
A true light grey with a faint green-blue base; neither warm nor cold
Blues
Family
Grays
Classics Color Collection
Collection
Historical Colors

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Stonington Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 59.36, 18.3 points above Little Falls at LRV 41.07. Little Falls leans cool where Stonington Gray reads neutral. Little Falls is a blues, Stonington Gray a grays. For a whole room, Stonington Gray 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.

Stonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.

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