Paper Mache
Benjamin Moore's Paper Mache is a white shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. With an LRV of 84.6, it sits on the light-reflective side of the palette and can feel especially open in generous daylight. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#F0F0E3LRV
84.57
Coordinating Colors
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 44), opening up a space where Kangaroo encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 29, Paper Mache is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 55, Paper Mache is decisively the brighter choice.
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 22), opening up a space where Montpelier encloses it.
Similar Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (85 vs 80) makes Paper Mache the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 85 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 9), opening up a space where Approaching Storm encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 22, Paper Mache is decisively the brighter choice.
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 14), opening up a space where Blue Gaspe encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 69, Paper Mache is decisively the brighter choice.
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 18), opening up a space where French Violet encloses it.
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 7), opening up a space where Blackberry Punch encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 39, Paper Mache is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 85 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Simply White reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 85), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Paper Mache reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 66), opening up a space where Pistachio Ice Cream encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (85 vs 75) makes Paper Mache the marginally brighter of the two.
Paper Mache reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Paper Mache reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 67), opening up a space where Dune Grass encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
A softly shaded white with the slightest hint of green.