Rice Wine vs RAL 140-5
Rice Wine is a Behr color while RAL 140-5 comes from RAL Effect. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 80 and 80, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 2.7, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rice Wine vs RAL 140-5 in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Rice Wine and RAL 140-5 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Rice Wine vs RAL 140-5 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rice Wine on one side and RAL 140-5 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 Rice Wine comparisons
See how Rice Wine stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 58, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 27, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 55, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 44, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 80 vs 66, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Rice Wine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 68, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 45, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.