Match Metropolitan
Benjamin Moore Metropolitan is a mid-tone shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 50. 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 51 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 50 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 51 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 50 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 50 and 48, 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 50 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Graceful Green reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 50), opening up a space where Metropolitan encloses it. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
S 2005-G10Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Metropolitan reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Metropolitan reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Dash of Soot reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.