Tea with Florence vs Hardware
Where Tea with Florence belongs to Little Greene's range, Hardware is a Sherwin-Williams color. Tea with Florence reads as blue, while Hardware reads as greige-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Hardware (LRV 23) reflects noticeably more light than Tea with Florence (LRV 18), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Tea with Florence runs blue while Hardware is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 19.3, 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.
Tea with Florence vs Hardware in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Tea with Florence and Hardware 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 — Hardware gives the walls a little more lift.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Hardware reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Tea with Florence vs Hardware Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tea with Florence on one side and Hardware 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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