Cliffside Gray vs Dix Blue
Where Cliffside Gray belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Cliffside Gray belongs to the green-grey family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Cliffside Gray (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 20 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Cliffside Gray runs green while Dix Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 14.8, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cliffside Gray vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cliffside Gray 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.
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 Cliffside Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
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. Cliffside Gray returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Cliffside Gray vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cliffside Gray 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 Cliffside Gray comparisons
See how Cliffside Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 61 vs 6, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Cliffside Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Cliffside Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
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Cliffside Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Cliffside Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 13, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
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Cliffside Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 61, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cliffside Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Cliffside Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Cliffside Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cliffside Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Cliffside Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Cliffside Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.