Match Crisp Romaine
Benjamin Moore Crisp Romaine is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 9. 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 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, 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 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Tarpaulin grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Trafalgar Grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (13 vs 9) makes S 6010-B50G the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Crisp Romaine reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.