Match Calming Aloe
Benjamin Moore Calming Aloe is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 79. 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.
Citrine reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Soft Apple the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Calming Aloe reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Bit Of Lime reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 81 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (89 vs 79) makes Cleanroom white the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (82 vs 79) makes Dough the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Calming Aloe reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (82 vs 79) makes S 1002-Y20R the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.