Dakota Woods Green vs Muddled Basil
Where Dakota Woods Green belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Muddled Basil is a Sherwin-Williams color. Dakota Woods Green reads as green-greige, while Muddled Basil reads as greige-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (10 vs 9), so they'll read as similarly Dark in most lighting conditions. Dakota Woods Green runs yellow while Muddled Basil is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 2.3, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dakota Woods Green vs Muddled Basil in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Dakota Woods Green and Muddled Basil are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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Dakota Woods Green vs Muddled Basil Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dakota Woods Green on one side and Muddled Basil 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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