Pensive

With an LRV of about 42, Pensive is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Pensive in other brands

• Delicate Honeysweet Vista C-188 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Antler Velvet Sherwin-Williams 9111 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Delicate Honeysweet Hallman Lindsay 189 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Gold Dust Prl over Hot Oro MyPerfectColor MP23469-23554 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Mochatini KILZ LL230 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3
• Brown Teepee Behr 700D-4 Beige Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bradstreet Benjamin Moore HC-48 Beige
• Alexandria Benjamin Moore HC-77 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Pensive warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.3 and a value of 3.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Pensive?

Delicate Honeysweet (C-188), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Pensive?

≈ 42. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.