Winter Melon
Winter Melon is a Orange paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#FAE2C8LRV
75.32
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 75 vs 47, Winter Melon is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 75, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (85 vs 75) makes Cloud White the marginally brighter of the two.
Winter Melon reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 46), opening up a space where Nightingale encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Winter Melon reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 10), opening up a space where Blueberry Hill encloses it.
Winter Melon reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 48), opening up a space where Turquoise Powder encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 22, Winter Melon is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 45, Winter Melon is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 55, Winter Melon is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sun Kissed Peach reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Summer Peach reads slightly lighter (LRV 86 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (79 vs 75) makes Georgia On My Mind the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 76 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
At LRV 75 vs 57, Winter Melon is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Winter Melon reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (75 vs 72) makes Winter Melon the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Winter Melon the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A drop of bright orange punctuates this light yet luminous hue.