Match Carter Plum
Benjamin Moore Carter Plum is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 10. 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 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Carter Plum reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (10 vs 7) makes Carter Plum the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 15.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 16.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Carter Plum reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.