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.
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