Cotton Balls
Benjamin Moore's Cotton Balls is a white shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A yellow undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#F5F6EBLRV
88.95
Coordinating Colors
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 75), opening up a space where Silver Satin encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (89 vs 80) makes Cotton Balls the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 89 vs 56, Cotton Balls is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 25, Cotton Balls is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 90 and 89, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 9), opening up a space where Approaching Storm encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 69, Cotton Balls is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 18), opening up a space where French Violet encloses it.
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 7), opening up a space where Blackberry Punch encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 70, Cotton Balls is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 65, Cotton Balls is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 55), opening up a space where North Cascades encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 90 vs 89), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 66), opening up a space where Warren Acres encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 71, Cotton Balls is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 67), opening up a space where Pale Sea Mist encloses it.
Cotton Balls reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cotton Balls reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
A go-to bright white enlivened with a trace of yellow undertone.