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Settled, side by side
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
Grey with the sea in it
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
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. Tranquility leans cool where Stonington Gray reads neutral. Tranquility is a neutrals, Stonington Gray a grays. 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 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.
Stonington 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.
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