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Settled, side by side
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
Grey with the sea in it
In real rooms
Every room, each colorTranquility
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersStonington Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 59.36, 6 points above Tranquility at LRV 53.31. Stonington Gray leans neutral where Tranquility reads cool. Stonington Gray is a grays, Tranquility a neutrals. For a whole room, Stonington Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Tranquility 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.
Tranquility is a pale grey from Benjamin Moore's Affinity collection with a soft green-blue whisper — the color of sea fog rather than a city sky. At LRV 53 it is a true light-mid tone, and it does exactly what its name suggests: it calms a room without making it cold.
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