Hollingsworth Green vs Livid
Where Hollingsworth Green belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Hollingsworth Green belongs to the green-yellow family and Livid to the blue-green family. Hollingsworth Green has an LRV of 63. Both lean green, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 33.5, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Hollingsworth Green vs Livid in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Hollingsworth Green and Livid 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Hollingsworth Green vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Hollingsworth Green on one side and Livid 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 Hollingsworth Green comparisons
See how Hollingsworth Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 63, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 6, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Hollingsworth Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Hollingsworth Green the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Hollingsworth Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 27, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Hollingsworth Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 13, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 44, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 63), opening up a space where Hollingsworth Green encloses it.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 63, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 8, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 45, Hollingsworth Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Hollingsworth Green reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.