Vintage Vogue vs In the Navy
Where Vintage Vogue belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, In the Navy is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Vintage Vogue belongs to the green-grey family and In the Navy to the blue family. Vintage Vogue (LRV 12) reflects noticeably more light than In the Navy (LRV 4), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Vintage Vogue runs green while In the Navy is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 25.5, 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.
Vintage Vogue vs In the Navy in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Vintage Vogue and In the 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. The LRV gap is large enough that Vintage Vogue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than In the Navy 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. Vintage Vogue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than In the Navy.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Vintage Vogue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than In the Navy.
Color Details
Vintage Vogue vs In the Navy Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Vintage Vogue on one side and In the 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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