Match Steamed Spinach
Benjamin Moore Steamed Spinach is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 16. 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.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 11) makes Steamed Spinach the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Steamed Spinach reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (19 vs 16) makes Dark Jade the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 11) makes Steamed Spinach the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 9-point LRV gap (16 vs 6) makes Steamed Spinach the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Steamed Spinach reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 3-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Steamed Spinach the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Sage Slate reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 18.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.