Card Room Green vs Sap Green
Both from Farrow & Ball's palette. Hue-wise, Card Room Green belongs to the green-grey family and Sap Green to the green-yellow family. Card Room Green (LRV 27) reflects noticeably more light than Sap Green (LRV 21), a difference of 6 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Card Room Green runs neutral while Sap Green is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 21.9, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Card Room Green vs Sap Green in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Card Room Green and Sap Green 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Card Room Green gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Card Room Green has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Card Room Green vs Sap Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Card Room Green on one side and Sap Green 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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