Night Mist vs Hardwick White
Where Night Mist belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hardwick White is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Night Mist belongs to the green-grey family and Hardwick White to the greige-grey family. Night Mist (LRV 63) reflects noticeably more light than Hardwick White (LRV 44), a difference of 19 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Night Mist 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 13.2, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Night Mist vs Hardwick White in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Night Mist 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.
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 Night Mist will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Hardwick White would.
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. Night Mist reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Color Details
Night Mist vs Hardwick White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Night Mist 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 Night Mist comparisons
See how Night Mist stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Night Mist encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Night Mist reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Night Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Night Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Night Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Night Mist reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 4, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Night Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Night Mist reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 21, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Night Mist encloses it.
Night Mist reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 41, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 25, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Night Mist reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Night Mist reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 24, Night Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 57) makes Night Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (72 vs 63) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.