Match Summer Mist
Benjamin Moore Summer Mist is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 45. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Summer Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (45 vs 40) makes Summer Mist the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 8.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Summer Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Summer Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 12.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 45 vs 29, Summer Mist is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 16.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.