Carriage Red vs Dix Blue
Where Carriage Red belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Carriage Red belongs to the pink-red family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Dix Blue (LRV 41) reflects noticeably more light than Carriage Red (LRV 8), a difference of 33 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Carriage Red runs red while Dix Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 58.2, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Carriage Red vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Carriage Red 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.
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. Dix Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Carriage Red.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Dix Blue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Carriage Red would.
Color Details
Carriage Red vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Carriage Red 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 Carriage Red comparisons
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