Sea Salt vs Dix Blue
Where Sea Salt belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Sea Salt reads as beige-greige, while Dix Blue reads as blue-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Sea Salt (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 20 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sea Salt 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 17.1, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sea Salt vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sea Salt 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 Sea Salt will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue 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. Sea Salt 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. Sea Salt reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Sea Salt vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sea Salt 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.
More Sea Salt comparisons
See how Sea Salt stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 61 vs 30, Sea Salt is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 61 vs 43, Sea Salt is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Sea Salt encloses it.
Sea Salt reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
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At LRV 61 vs 31, Sea Salt is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Sea Salt is decisively the brighter choice.