Whisper

With an LRV of about 80, Whisper 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.

Whisper in other brands

• Natural Beauty Vista K-71 White Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cool Frost Dunn-Edwards DE5931 White Very close ΔE 0.6
• Penelope Hallman Lindsay 1266 White Very close ΔE 0.7
• Greek Goddess Kelly-Moore KM3033-1 White Very close ΔE 0.7
• Purple Blush Berger Paints 6P1249 White Very close ΔE 0.8
• Water Iris PPG 1170-1 White Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Snowfall Benjamin Moore 2144-70 White
• Gray Benjamin Moore 2137-60 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Whisper warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.9 and a value of 1.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Whisper?

Natural Beauty (K-71), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Whisper?

≈ 80. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.