Match Distant Gray
Benjamin Moore Distant Gray is a light-reflective shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 88. 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 88 and 88, 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 89 vs 88), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 88 and 88, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 88, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 87, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 88, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (94 vs 88) makes UltraWhite the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Vivid White reads slightly lighter (LRV 93 vs 88), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 88 vs 88), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 90 and 88, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 86, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 6-point LRV gap (94 vs 88) makes All White the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
At LRV 88 vs 70, Distant Gray is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.