Pale Almond vs Just Walnut
Where Pale Almond belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Just Walnut is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Pale Almond belongs to the beige family and Just Walnut to the beige-greige family. Just Walnut (LRV 72) reflects noticeably more light than Pale Almond (LRV 69), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pale Almond runs red while Just Walnut is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 10.1, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Almond vs Just Walnut in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pale Almond and Just Walnut 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. 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.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Pale Almond vs Just Walnut Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Almond on one side and Just Walnut 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 Pale Almond comparisons
See how Pale Almond stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Pale Almond encloses it.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 52, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 30, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (69 vs 60) makes Pale Almond the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Almond reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 43, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 4, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 69, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 21, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Almond reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Pale Almond encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 51, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 69 vs 41, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pale Almond reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 31, Pale Almond is decisively the brighter choice.