Sea Ice vs Dix Blue
Where Sea Ice belongs to Behr's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Sea Ice reads as blue, while Dix Blue reads as blue-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Sea Ice (LRV 82) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 41 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sea Ice runs green and blue while Dix Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 23.5, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sea Ice vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sea Ice and Dix Blue in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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 LRV gap is large enough that Sea Ice will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Sea Ice reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Sea Ice reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Sea Ice reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Sea Ice reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Sea Ice vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sea Ice on one side and Dix Blue 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.
More Sea Ice comparisons
See how Sea Ice stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 58, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 27, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 55, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 44, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 82 vs 66, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (82 vs 74) makes Sea Ice the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 82 vs 12, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 68, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 12, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 45, Sea Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Sea Ice reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
Sea Ice reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.