Timid White vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Timid White belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Timid White reads as beige-white, while Slaked Lime Deep reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Timid White has an LRV of 82. Timid White runs yellow while Slaked Lime Deep is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 14.5, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Timid White vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Timid White and Slaked Lime Deep 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.
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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Timid White vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Timid White on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Timid White comparisons
See how Timid White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 82 vs 6, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 52, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 58, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 27, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 55, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 13, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 44, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 66, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (82 vs 74) makes Timid White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 12, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 8, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 68, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 12, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 45, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Timid White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.