Match Baked Pretzel
Benjamin Moore Baked Pretzel is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 18. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 20 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 18 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 18 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Spiced Honey reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Adventure reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Pearl gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 28 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Baked Pretzel reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (24 vs 18) makes Etruscan the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 18 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (18 vs 11) makes Baked Pretzel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 18 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes Baked Pretzel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.