Setting Plaster vs Alpaca Mittens
Where Setting Plaster belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Alpaca Mittens is a Valspar color. These are both beiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (58 vs 56), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 2.2, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Setting Plaster vs Alpaca Mittens in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Setting Plaster and Alpaca Mittens are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Setting Plaster vs Alpaca Mittens Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Setting Plaster on one side and Alpaca Mittens 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 Setting Plaster comparisons
See how Setting Plaster stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 6, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Setting Plaster reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Setting Plaster reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Setting Plaster the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 58 vs 27, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Setting Plaster reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Setting Plaster reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Setting Plaster the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 13, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Setting Plaster encloses it.
Setting Plaster reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 58, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Setting Plaster reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 8, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Setting Plaster reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Setting Plaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Setting Plaster reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.