Blue Note vs Café Ole

Both from Benjamin Moore's palette. Hue-wise, Blue Note belongs to the blue-grey family and Café Ole to the beige-pink family. Blue Note has an LRV of 9. Blue Note runs blue while Café Ole is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 31.4, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below, 5 simulated room previews show how each color reads at scale — real-room photos will be added as they become available.