Maritime White vs Dix Blue
Where Maritime White belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Maritime White belongs to the beige-white family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Maritime White (LRV 72) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 31 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Maritime White runs red while Dix Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 22.3, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Maritime White vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Maritime White 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 Maritime White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Maritime White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Maritime White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Maritime White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Maritime White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Maritime White vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Maritime White 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.
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