Pale Cherry Blossom vs Bancha
Where Pale Cherry Blossom belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Pale Cherry Blossom belongs to the pink-red family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Pale Cherry Blossom (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 48 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pale Cherry Blossom runs red while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 43.8, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Cherry Blossom vs Bancha in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Pale Cherry Blossom and Bancha in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Pale Cherry Blossom returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Pale Cherry Blossom vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Cherry Blossom on one side and Bancha 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 Cherry Blossom comparisons
See how Pale Cherry Blossom stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Pale Cherry Blossom encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (69 vs 61) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Cherry Blossom reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Pale Cherry Blossom the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 30, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Cherry Blossom reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pale Cherry Blossom reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Cherry Blossom reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 43, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 4, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Cherry Blossom reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Cherry Blossom reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 21, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Pale Cherry Blossom encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Pale Cherry Blossom encloses it.
Pale Cherry Blossom reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 41, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 25, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Cherry Blossom reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pale Cherry Blossom reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 31, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 24, Pale Cherry Blossom is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (61 vs 57) makes Pale Cherry Blossom the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (72 vs 61) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.