Teton Blue vs Purbeck Stone
Where Teton Blue belongs to Behr's range, Purbeck Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Teton Blue belongs to the blue-grey family and Purbeck Stone to the greige-grey family. Purbeck Stone (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Teton Blue (LRV 31), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Teton Blue runs blue while Purbeck Stone is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.8, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Teton Blue vs Purbeck Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Teton Blue and Purbeck Stone 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 Purbeck Stone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Teton 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. Purbeck Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Teton Blue.
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. Purbeck Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Purbeck Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Teton Blue.
Color Details
Teton Blue vs Purbeck Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Teton Blue on one side and Purbeck Stone 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 Teton Blue comparisons
See how Teton Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 31 vs 6, Teton Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 58 vs 31, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (31 vs 27) makes Teton Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 31), opening up a space where Teton Blue encloses it.
Teton Blue reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 31 vs 13, Teton Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 31, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 66 vs 31, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 31, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 31, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 31 vs 12, Teton Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 31, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Teton Blue encloses it.
Teton Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 31 vs 12, Teton Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 31, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 31 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Teton Blue reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Teton Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 31), opening up a space where Teton Blue encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 31), opening up a space where Teton Blue encloses it.