Dix Blue vs Lavender Touch
Where Dix Blue belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Lavender Touch is a Jotun color. Hue-wise, Dix Blue belongs to the blue-grey family and Lavender Touch to the greige-grey family. Lavender Touch (LRV 46) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Dix Blue runs cool while Lavender Touch is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 12.3, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dix Blue vs Lavender Touch in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Dix Blue and Lavender Touch 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 — Lavender Touch gives the walls a little more lift.
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. Lavender Touch reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Dix Blue vs Lavender Touch Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dix Blue on one side and Lavender Touch 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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