Wish vs Hardwick White
Where Wish belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hardwick White is a Farrow & Ball color. These are both greige-greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within greige-grey to land. Wish (LRV 59) reflects noticeably more light than Hardwick White (LRV 44), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Wish runs red while Hardwick White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 10.7, 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.
Wish vs Hardwick White in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Wish and Hardwick White 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 Wish will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Hardwick White would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Wish reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Wish reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Color Details
Wish vs Hardwick White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wish on one side and Hardwick White 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 Wish comparisons
See how Wish stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Wish encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Wish the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 30, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 43, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
Wish reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 59, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 59), opening up a space where Wish encloses it.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 31, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 24, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 59, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.