Match Water Drops
Benjamin Moore Water Drops is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 73. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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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 73 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 73 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Water Drops the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Water Drops reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Water Drops reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 73 vs 54, Water Drops is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Water Drops reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Water Drops the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 73 vs 58, Water Drops is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 11.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (73 vs 67) makes Water Drops the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 74 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.