Match Carter Red
Benjamin Moore Carter Red is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 24. 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 25 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 24), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (24 vs 20) makes Carter Red the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Carter Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Carter Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 27 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Beige red reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Carter Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Cabana Melon reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Flamingo reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Pinch of Clove reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 24), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 15.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
S 3030-Y30R reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 20.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.