Great Barrington Green vs Hardwick White
Where Great Barrington Green belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hardwick White is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Great Barrington Green belongs to the green-grey family and Hardwick White to the greige-grey family. Hardwick White (LRV 44) reflects noticeably more light than Great Barrington Green (LRV 21), a difference of 22 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Great Barrington Green runs green while Hardwick White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 21.4, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Great Barrington Green vs Hardwick White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Great Barrington Green and Hardwick White in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Hardwick White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Great Barrington Green.
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. Hardwick White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Great Barrington Green.
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. Hardwick White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Great Barrington Green.
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 Hardwick White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Great Barrington Green would.
Color Details
Great Barrington Green vs Hardwick White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Great Barrington Green on one side and Hardwick White 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 Great Barrington Green comparisons
See how Great Barrington Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 21, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Great Barrington Green reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 21, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (30 vs 21) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 21, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 21 vs 4, Great Barrington Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
Great Barrington Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 21, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
Great Barrington Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 21, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 21, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (25 vs 21) makes Treron the marginally brighter of the two.
Great Barrington Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Great Barrington Green encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 21 vs 7, Great Barrington Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 57 vs 21, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.