Desolate
Benjamin Moore's Desolate is a white shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#F6EAD2LRV
80.53
Coordinating Colors
Sugar Cookie reads slightly lighter (LRV 86 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (81 vs 70) makes Desolate the marginally brighter of the two.
Desolate reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 19), opening up a space where Greenfield Pumpkin encloses it.
Cotton Balls reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 81 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Desolate reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 17), opening up a space where Bedford Blue encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 7, Desolate is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (81 vs 73) makes Desolate the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 81 vs 35, Desolate is decisively the brighter choice.
Desolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Ivory Tusk reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 81 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Desolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Desolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Yellow-cream undertones punctuate this delightful shade of white.