The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
The color of sea glass
Great Barrington Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-122
An heirloom green
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSea Salt is the lighter of the two at LRV 63, 41.6 points above Great Barrington Green at LRV 21.39. Sea Salt leans cool where Great Barrington Green reads warm. Both belong to the greens family. For a whole room, Sea Salt 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 wordsSea Salt is a soft green-grey that changes its mind with the light: green in a sunny room, blue-grey in a shaded one. At LRV 63 it is light enough for a whole room and quiet enough to live with for years, which is why it has become a modern classic for bedrooms and bathrooms.
Great 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.