Breakfast Room Green vs Purbeck Stone
Both from Farrow & Ball's palette. Hue-wise, Breakfast Room Green belongs to the green-grey family and Purbeck Stone to the greige-grey family. Purbeck Stone (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Breakfast Room Green (LRV 34), a difference of 18 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Breakfast Room Green runs neutral while Purbeck Stone is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.6, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Breakfast Room Green vs Purbeck Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Breakfast Room Green and Purbeck Stone 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 Purbeck Stone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Breakfast Room Green 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. Purbeck Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Breakfast Room Green.
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. Purbeck Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Breakfast Room Green.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Purbeck Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Breakfast Room Green.
Color Details
Breakfast Room Green vs Purbeck Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Breakfast Room Green on one side and Purbeck Stone 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 Breakfast Room Green comparisons
See how Breakfast Room Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 34, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
Breakfast Room Green reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (34 vs 30) makes Breakfast Room Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 34, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
Breakfast Room Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (43 vs 34) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 34 vs 4, Breakfast Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
Breakfast Room Green reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 34, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 34 vs 21, Breakfast Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 34, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Breakfast Room Green reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Breakfast Room Green reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 34), opening up a space where Breakfast Room Green encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (41 vs 34) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Breakfast Room Green reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 34 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 34 vs 7, Breakfast Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.