Chesapeake Blue vs Duck Green
Where Chesapeake Blue belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Duck Green is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Chesapeake Blue belongs to the blue family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. Chesapeake Blue (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than Duck Green (LRV 8), a difference of 41 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Chesapeake Blue runs blue while Duck Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 44.0, 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.
Chesapeake Blue vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chesapeake Blue and Duck Green 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 Chesapeake Blue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Duck Green would.
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. Chesapeake Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Color Details
Chesapeake Blue vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chesapeake Blue on one side and Duck Green 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 Chesapeake Blue comparisons
See how Chesapeake Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 49, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Chesapeake Blue encloses it.
Chesapeake Blue reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Chesapeake Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 12-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chesapeake Blue reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Chesapeake Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 4, Chesapeake Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chesapeake Blue reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Chesapeake Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 21, Chesapeake Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Chesapeake Blue encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Chesapeake Blue encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Chesapeake Blue encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Chesapeake Blue reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Chesapeake Blue encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (49 vs 41) makes Chesapeake Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Chesapeake Blue reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chesapeake Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Chesapeake Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 7, Chesapeake Blue is decisively the brighter choice.