Cheating Heart vs Signal White
Where Cheating Heart belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Signal White is a RAL Classic color. Hue-wise, Cheating Heart belongs to the grey family and Signal White to the white family. Signal White (LRV 85) reflects noticeably more light than Cheating Heart (LRV 9), a difference of 77 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 61.5, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheating Heart vs Signal White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cheating Heart and Signal White in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Signal White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cheating Heart would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Signal White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheating Heart.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Signal White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheating Heart.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Signal White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheating Heart.
Color Details
Cheating Heart vs Signal White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheating Heart on one side and Signal White 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.
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