Baked Terra Cotta vs RAL 330-1
Baked Terra Cotta is a Benjamin Moore color while RAL 330-1 comes from RAL Effect. These are both pink-reds, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within pink-red to land. With LRVs of 21 and 19, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. At ΔE 5.4, the difference is perceptible but not dramatic — the two can work harmoniously in the same space. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Baked Terra Cotta vs RAL 330-1 in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Baked Terra Cotta and RAL 330-1 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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Baked Terra Cotta vs RAL 330-1 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Baked Terra Cotta on one side and RAL 330-1 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 Baked Terra Cotta comparisons
See how Baked Terra Cotta stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 21, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
Baked Terra Cotta reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 21, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (30 vs 21) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 21, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 21 vs 4, Baked Terra Cotta is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
Baked Terra Cotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 21, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 21, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Baked Terra Cotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Baked Terra Cotta reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 21, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Baked Terra Cotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Baked Terra Cotta encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.