Match Desolate
Benjamin Moore Desolate is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 81. 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 81 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (84 vs 81) makes Dollop Of Cream the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Polished Pearl reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 81 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 8-point LRV gap (89 vs 81) makes Cleanroom white the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (81 vs 70) makes Desolate the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.