Limestone

With an LRV of about 69, Limestone 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.

Limestone in other brands

• Saffron Tint Plascon Y5-B2-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Melisse 45 Caparol 3D Melisse 45 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Engaging Hug Nerolac 4495 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Fennel Splash Valspar 6007-3B Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• White Amber Glidden 70YY 66/130 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Belvedere Cream Behr 770C-2 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Featherbed Benjamin Moore 928 Beige
• Coastal Benjamin Moore 976 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 yellow
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Limestone warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.2 and a value of -1.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Limestone?

Saffron Tint (Y5-B2-2), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Limestone?

≈ 69. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.