The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
The color of sea glass
Little Falls
Benjamin Moore · 1621
Faded denim for the walls
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSea Salt is the lighter of the two at LRV 63, 21.9 points above Little Falls at LRV 41.07. Both read cool. Sea Salt is a greens, Little Falls a blues. For a whole room, Sea Salt is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Little Falls 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.
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.