Tarrytown Green vs French Gray
Where Tarrytown Green belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Tarrytown Green belongs to the blue-green family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. French Gray (LRV 43) reflects noticeably more light than Tarrytown Green (LRV 10), a difference of 34 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Tarrytown Green runs green while French Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 39.4, 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.
Tarrytown Green vs French Gray in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Tarrytown Green and French Gray 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 French Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tarrytown Green 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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tarrytown Green.
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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tarrytown Green.
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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tarrytown Green.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that French Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tarrytown Green would.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tarrytown Green.
Color Details
Tarrytown Green vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tarrytown Green on one side and French Gray 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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