Cloud White vs Steam

Both from Benjamin Moore's palette. Cloud White reads as beige-white, while Steam reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (85 vs 84), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Cloud White runs warm while Steam is decidedly yellow, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 1.2, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below, 5 simulated room previews show how each color reads at scale — real-room photos will be added as they become available.