Province Blue vs Dix Blue
Where Province Blue belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the blue-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Dix Blue (LRV 41) reflects noticeably more light than Province Blue (LRV 32), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Province Blue runs blue while Dix Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Province Blue vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Province Blue and Dix Blue are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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 LRV gap is large enough that Dix Blue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Province Blue would.
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. Dix Blue returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Dix Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Province Blue.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Dix Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Province Blue.
Color Details
Province Blue vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Province Blue on one side and Dix Blue 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.
More Province Blue comparisons
See how Province Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 32, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Province Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 32, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 32, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Province Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 12-point LRV gap (43 vs 32) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 32 vs 4, Province Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Province Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 32, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (32 vs 21) makes Province Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 32, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Province Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Province Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Province Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 32), opening up a space where Province Blue encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 32 vs 7, Province Blue is decisively the brighter choice.