Etched Glass vs Borrowed Light
Where Etched Glass belongs to Behr's range, Borrowed Light is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the blue-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Etched Glass (LRV 75) reflects noticeably more light than Borrowed Light (LRV 69), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Etched Glass runs blue while Borrowed Light is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 2.6, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Etched Glass vs Borrowed Light in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Etched Glass and Borrowed Light are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The brightness difference is modest but present — Etched Glass gives the walls a little more lift.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Etched Glass has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Etched Glass reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Etched Glass vs Borrowed Light Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Etched Glass on one side and Borrowed Light on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
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