Match Handmade
Benjamin Moore Handmade is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 68. 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 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Farrow's Cream the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Golden Pastel reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes Buttermilk the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Handmade reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 12.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.