Warm Onyx vs Balboa Mist
Warm Onyx is a Behr color while Balboa Mist comes from Benjamin Moore. Warm Onyx reads as grey, while Balboa Mist reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. At LRV 66 vs 7, Balboa Mist will read as the brighter of the two — a 59-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a red quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 54.9, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Warm Onyx vs Balboa Mist in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Warm Onyx and Balboa Mist 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Balboa Mist returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Balboa Mist will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Warm Onyx would.
Color Details
Warm Onyx vs Balboa Mist Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Warm Onyx on one side and Balboa Mist 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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