Thousand Oceans vs Cement grey
Where Thousand Oceans belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Cement grey is a RAL Classic color. Thousand Oceans reads as blue, while Cement grey reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Cement grey (LRV 24) reflects noticeably more light than Thousand Oceans (LRV 18), a difference of 7 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 17.6, 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.
Thousand Oceans vs Cement grey in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Thousand Oceans and Cement grey 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Cement grey gives the walls a little more lift.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The brightness difference is modest but present — Cement grey gives the walls a little more lift.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Cement grey reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Thousand Oceans vs Cement grey Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Thousand Oceans on one side and Cement grey 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 Thousand Oceans comparisons
See how Thousand Oceans stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 18, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
At LRV 18 vs 6, Thousand Oceans is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 18, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 18, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (27 vs 18) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Thousand Oceans reflects far more light (LRV 18 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 18, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes Thousand Oceans the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 18, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 18, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 18, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 18, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (18 vs 12) makes Thousand Oceans the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 18, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Treron reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (18 vs 12) makes Thousand Oceans the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 18, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Thousand Oceans reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.