Minster Green vs Tea with Florence
Where Minster Green belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Tea with Florence is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Minster Green belongs to the green-grey family and Tea with Florence to the blue family. Tea with Florence (LRV 18) reflects noticeably more light than Minster Green (LRV 12), a difference of 6 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Minster Green runs neutral while Tea with Florence is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 15.7, 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.
Minster Green vs Tea with Florence in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Minster Green and Tea with Florence 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 — Tea with Florence 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. Tea with Florence 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. Tea with Florence reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Minster Green vs Tea with Florence Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Minster Green on one side and Tea with Florence 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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