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Cream

Benjamin Moore 233

HEX
#DFD4BC
RGB
223, 212, 188
LAB
85.2, -0.1, 13.2
LRV
≈ 66
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
1015 Light Ivory
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With an LRV of about 66, Cream 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.

Cream in other brands

  • Off-White Farrow & Ball 3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Buttermilk C2 Paint C2-849 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Barberry Sand Vista C-277 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Ecru Dulux Australia S15D1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Sand Dollar Dunn-Edwards DE6171 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • TVT X454 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

  • Cameo Benjamin Moore 915 Beige
  • Make Benjamin Moore CSP-1035 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Cream warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.2 and a value of -0.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Farrow & Ball color to Cream?

Off-White (3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cream?

≈ 66. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.