Oatmeal

With an LRV of about 78, Oatmeal reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Oatmeal in other brands

• Fresh Wheat Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• Banana Pudding Kelly-Moore KM4751-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Honey Roast Nerolac 2809 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT Y302 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cheese Please Hallman Lindsay 384 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Milk Paint Vista K-1289 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• White Benjamin Moore 2017-70 Beige
• Carrington Benjamin Moore HC-93 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Oatmeal warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.3 and a value of -1.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Oatmeal?

Fresh Wheat (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Oatmeal?

≈ 78. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.