Bauhaus Buff vs Biscuit
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 72 and 74, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. With a ΔE of 1.9, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Bauhaus Buff vs Biscuit in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Bauhaus Buff and Biscuit 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.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Bauhaus Buff vs Biscuit Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bauhaus Buff on one side and Biscuit 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 Bauhaus Buff comparisons
See how Bauhaus Buff stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Bauhaus Buff the marginally brighter of the two.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Bauhaus Buff the marginally brighter of the two.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (84 vs 72) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Bauhaus Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Bauhaus Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 41, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Bauhaus Buff the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 25, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Bauhaus Buff reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 24, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 57, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.