Match Calming Cream
Benjamin Moore Calming Cream is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 83. 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.
With LRVs of 83 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Best of Summer reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Lemon Drop reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 84 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 85 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Ivory Lace reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Calming Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Cleanroom white reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Calming Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 0502-Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Calming Cream reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 70), opening up a space where Gentle Lamb encloses it. At ΔE 8.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.