Province Blue vs Antique White
Where Province Blue belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Antique White is a Jotun color. Hue-wise, Province Blue belongs to the blue-grey family and Antique White to the beige-greige family. Antique White (LRV 56) reflects noticeably more light than Province Blue (LRV 32), a difference of 25 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Province Blue runs blue while Antique White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 24.2, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Province Blue vs Antique White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Province Blue and Antique 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 Antique White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Province Blue would.
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. Antique White returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Antique White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Province Blue.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Antique White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Province Blue.
Color Details
Province Blue vs Antique White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Province Blue on one side and Antique 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.
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