The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
Little Falls
Benjamin Moore · 1621
Faded denim for the walls
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersStonington Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 59.36, 18.3 points above Little Falls at LRV 41.07. Stonington Gray leans neutral where Little Falls reads cool. Stonington Gray is a grays, Little Falls a blues. 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 wordsStonington 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.
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.