The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Viridian Odyssey
Dunn-Edwards · DE1925
Ocean floor, not swimming pool
Cedar Grove
Benjamin Moore · 444
Sage that reads at a distance
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersCedar Grove is the lighter of the two at LRV 46.34, 39.3 points above Viridian Odyssey at LRV 7. Both read cool. Viridian Odyssey is a blues, Cedar Grove a greens. For a whole room, Cedar Grove is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Viridian Odyssey is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsViridian Odyssey is a deep teal that reads almost black until light touches it, and then it reveals an inky blue-green with real depth. At LRV 7 it is one of the darkest colors in the library — a genuine envelope color for panelling, cabinetry and rooms meant to feel like the inside of a jewel box.
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.