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Settled, side by side
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
Grey with the sea in it
Cedar Grove
Benjamin Moore · 444
Sage that reads at a distance
In real rooms
Every room, each colorTranquility
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersTranquility is the lighter of the two at LRV 53.31, 7 points above Cedar Grove at LRV 46.34. Both read cool. Tranquility is a neutrals, Cedar Grove a greens. For a whole room, Tranquility is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Cedar Grove is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsTranquility 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.
Cedar Grove is a mid-light sage — green enough to be clearly a color from across the room, grey enough never to look minty. At LRV 46 it sits in the sweet spot for a full-room green: it holds its tone in daylight and softens rather than muddies as the light fades.
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