You might also find that you lose some of the blue/green aspects of the color and only see blue or green rather than the combination. On the contrary, if you only have one small window which faces opposite the sun most of the day, you might find Sea Salt to be too pigmented for your space. If you like Sea Salt but realize after testing out the color in your room that it’s getting washed out, no biggie, just look to one shade darker, which would be Rainwashed or Palladian Blue. If you are putting Sea Salt in a room with tons of natural light coming in it’s possible to lose some of the color during the day. Sea Salt is a fairly light color, but it’s not as light as some neutral hues that look somewhat similar, still, if you’re choosing Sea Salt you don’t want the pretty blue/green to get lost. How much light your room gets greatly affects your paint color.
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How to decide if Sherwin Williams Sea Salt is for you Rainwashed is another very popular color that seems to do well, year after year. Brainwashed has a bit less blue in it than Palladian Blue. Rainwashed has an LRV of 59 and is more pigmented than Sea Salt. Palladian Blue is one of Benjamin Moore’s all-time best selling colors! Sea Salt vs. Palladian Blue almost comes off like a robin’s egg blue and has more green than blue to it.
Palladian Blue is just a bit darker than Sea Salt, with an LRV of 60, but despite the 4 point LRV difference the hue is significantly more pigmented than Sea Salt. The green presence in Pearl Gray is even more than the green presence in Quiet Moments. They do differ in undertones, though, as Pearl Gray definitely has more green in it than blue. Sea Salt and Pearl Gray have virtually the same LRV, so no difference there. Quiet Moments has more blue in it than Sea Salt, whereas Sea Salt is a really good blend of both blue and green. Quiet Momentsīenjamin Moore Quiet Moments is darker than Sea Salt, with an LRV of 61, vs. Quiet Moments, Pearl Gray, Palladian Blue, Rainwashed Sea Salt vs. Below I’ll compare these colors to Sea Salt. The only way to truly see a color is to compare it to other colors in person and this is a crucial step I always recommend to clients. If you like Sea Salt, I recommend also checking out Benjamin Moore Quiet Moments, Pearl Gray Palladian Blue and Rainwashed during the testing phase. While nothing is truly quite like Sea Salt, Benjamin Moore Healing Aloe is pretty darn close. What’s the closest Benjamin Moore color to Sea Salt Wickham Gray is a blue/green/gray hue that has an LRV of 69, and Fleur de Sel has an LRV of 72. What’s a neutral color that looks like Sea Salt? There are also some lighter gray paint colors with blue green undertones that are much lighter, as well. With an LRV of 64, Sea Salt is definitely on the lighter side, but it’s not as light as another blue green hue, SW Opaline with an LRV of 72. Zero is the blackest black and 100 is ultra pure white. LRV stands for light reflectance value and tells you how light or dark a color is. Sherwin Williams Rainwashed and Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue are both darker blue green hues. If you want a neutral color, that is lighter than Sea Salt, look to Wickham Gray, which is a pretty gray with blue green undertones and looks like a lighter version of Sea Salt. With an LRV of 72, compared to Sea Salt’s 64, Sherwin Williams Opaline is a lighter version of Sea Salt. Beyond White Dove, most other off white paint colors are simply too creamy to work well with Sea Salt. I also like Sea Salt with Benjamin Moore White Dove, which is technically an off-white but has a gray undertone to it, which makes it fairly easy to pair with tones like Sea Salt.
For this application, I like Chantilly Lace and Oxford White. I choose to pair this color with pure white tones the most, as those allow Sea Salt to shine, popping off of the crisp white trim color.
The world of white paint colors is beyond complicated, as there are blue white tones (these are typically reserved for ceilings), pure white tones (no undertones) and off-whites. Sea Salt looks best with pure white trim colors. You’ll see at the bottom of the post when I compare Sea Salt to other colors, but I’m pretty convinced that Sea Sat is a really good in between color, with nearly equal doses of blue and green. Is Sherwin Williams Sea Salt more green or blue? Here are some of my favorite coordinating colors: You can pair it with green paint colors, blue green hues, blue colors or grays with either a blue or green (or both) undertone. A post shared by TARA Sherwin Williams Sea Salt coordinating colors
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