French Toile vs Dix Blue
Where French Toile belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the blue-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (43 vs 41), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. French Toile runs blue while Dix Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
French Toile vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. French Toile and Dix Blue 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.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
French Toile vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see French Toile 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 French Toile comparisons
See how French Toile stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 43, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 6, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 43) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 27, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 43, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 13, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 43, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 43, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 12, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 8, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 43, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 12, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
French Toile reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.