Whispering Spring vs Blue Horizon
Whispering Spring (Benjamin Moore) and Blue Horizon (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 78 vs 78 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. Where Whispering Spring leans blue, Blue Horizon reads cool — a distinction that shifts noticeably depending on the light source and surrounding finishes. A ΔE of 1.4 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Whispering Spring vs Blue Horizon in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Whispering Spring and Blue Horizon 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.
Living Room
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Whispering Spring vs Blue Horizon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Whispering Spring on one side and Blue Horizon 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 Whispering Spring comparisons
See how Whispering Spring stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Whispering Spring reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 6, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
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Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 52, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 58, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 27, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 55, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 13, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 44, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 66, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes Whispering Spring the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (78 vs 68) makes Whispering Spring the marginally brighter of the two.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Whispering Spring reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 45, Whispering Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Whispering Spring reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.