Wedgewood Gray vs Ancona Blue
Where Wedgewood Gray belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Ancona Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Wedgewood Gray belongs to the blue-grey family and Ancona Blue to the blue family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (50 vs 48), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. Wedgewood Gray runs blue while Ancona Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 2.9, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Wedgewood Gray vs Ancona Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Wedgewood Gray and Ancona Blue are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Wedgewood Gray vs Ancona Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wedgewood Gray on one side and Ancona 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 Wedgewood Gray comparisons
See how Wedgewood Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 50), opening up a space where Wedgewood Gray encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 50, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 50 vs 6, Wedgewood Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wedgewood Gray reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (58 vs 50) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 50 vs 27, Wedgewood Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Wedgewood Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wedgewood Gray reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (55 vs 50) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 50 vs 13, Wedgewood Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (50 vs 44) makes Wedgewood Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 50), opening up a space where Wedgewood Gray encloses it.
Wedgewood Gray reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 50, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 50, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 50, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 50 vs 12, Wedgewood Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 50 vs 8, Wedgewood Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 50, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Wedgewood Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 50 vs 12, Wedgewood Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (50 vs 45) makes Wedgewood Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Wedgewood Gray reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.