Tarrytown Green vs Needlepoint Navy
Where Tarrytown Green belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Needlepoint Navy is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Tarrytown Green belongs to the blue-green family and Needlepoint Navy to the blue-grey family. Needlepoint Navy (LRV 13) reflects noticeably more light than Tarrytown Green (LRV 10), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Tarrytown Green runs green while Needlepoint Navy is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 11.9, 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 Needlepoint Navy in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Tarrytown Green and Needlepoint Navy 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Tarrytown Green vs Needlepoint Navy Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tarrytown Green on one side and Needlepoint Navy 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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