Charmeuse

With an LRV of about 63, Charmeuse reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Charmeuse in other brands

• Sunday Tikkurila H480 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Roman Stone 4 Dulux UK 1187650 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Z8640J Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Coconut Macaroon Hallman Lindsay 138 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• IKEA135 IKEA Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pale Starlet Vista K-1118 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Head Benjamin Moore AF-250 Beige
• Meadow Benjamin Moore 1011 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Charmeuse warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.8 and a value of 3.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Charmeuse?

Sunday (H480), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Charmeuse?

≈ 63. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.