BEHR Dupes for Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams White Paint Colors

We got ’em.

We measured ’em with our X-Rite Ci6X Series Spectrophotometer. (same instrument used in paint color labs)

And I can verify that BEHR has indeed succeeded in creating these colors using BEHR proprietary colorants and base paints.

For sure – BEHR has matched 10 best-selling white and near neutral/neutral paint colors from Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams.

Which means you don’t have to ask the paint counter folks at The Home Depot to try to color match any of these 10 colors. Because, again, BEHR has formulated exact matches.

Why is this a big deal? You might be wondering, “couldn’t BEHR just match these colors – any colors – before?

The answer is not so much. Some paint colors cross brands more gracefully than others.

Colors of white, off-white and light near neutrals are particularly challenging because the color of the base paint determines the final color.

And each brand’s colorants and base paints are different. BEHR’s base happens to be one of the whitest and cleanest there is – which also explains why their Ultra Pure White is the whitest-white paint color you can buy.

You’re always taking a risk getting a color mixed in a brand different from its home brand. Only way to know if it’s going to work is to have it mixed, let it dry and look at it or measure it. It might look good at the paint counter but. . . when you get it home, it could be a different story.

So, about those 10 colors.

Here’s the list of the Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams colors that BEHR matched. Respective BEHR dupes are in the micro Paint Color DNA Table below. (the BEHR dupe is first followed by the original color)

• Chantilly Lace – Benjamin Moore
• Decorator’s White – Benjamin Moore
• White Dove – Benjamin Moore
• Extra White – Sherwin-Williams
• Simply White – Benjamin Moore
• Snowbound – Sherwin-Williams
• Agreeable Gray – Sherwin-Williams
• Repose Gray – Sherwin-Williams
• Revere Pewter – Benjamin Moore
• Accessible Beige – Sherwin-Williams

The new BEHR dupe color is listed first in the Table immediately followed by the original inspo color.

You can reorder the Table using the small black arrows next to each column header. Just refresh the page if you want the Table put back in order with the dupe color first, followed by the inspo color.

As I mentioned, this is just a “micro” DNA Table I made especially for this blog post.

The primary Paint Color DNA Table has color data values for THOUSANDS of paint colors from all major brands.

Click here to subscribe to The Paint Color DNA Table

This freaking AMAZING color tool is Patent Pending and proprietary to The Land of Color.

Which means there is – nor will there ever be – a resource like this where you can search, sort, save and buy samples of paint colors from all major brands in one convenient place.

I highly recommend purchasing your own Color Strategist Color Wheel – click here. Because it will help you decode what hue family a color belongs to.

And that’s SUPER good news especially for those of you who are frustrated with the visual gymnastics and totally done with the theory that paint colors allegedly have “undertones”.

Undertones theory is a MAJOR paint point for many and completely opposite from the color tools that we carefully designed to Make Color Easy for you.

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Save	Name	Brand	#	L	C	h°	Hue	Family	Value	Chroma	LRV	samplize
	Whipped Cream	BEHR	DC-001	96.3	2.0	109	0.3	GY	9.50	0.20	90.6	TRY IT
	Chantilly Lace*	BM	OC-065	95.3	2.6	114	2.6	GY	9.43	0.27	90.0	TRY IT
	Statement White	BEHR	DC-002	93.1	1.0	119	5.1	GY	9.20	0.10	83.2	TRY IT
	Decorator's White*	BM	OC-149	92.9	1.9	109	0.6	GY	9.19	0.20	82.7	TRY IT
	Blank Canvas	BEHR	DC-003	94.0	5.0	101	6.1	Yellow	9.30	0.60	84.0	TRY IT
	White Dove	BM	OC-017	93.2	5.0	101	5.7	Yellow	9.22	0.58	85.4	TRY IT
	Winter White	BEHR	DC-004	93.8	2.0	124	6.4	GY	9.30	0.20	86.0	TRY IT
	Extra White	SW	7006	94.4	3.1	113	2.3	GY	9.34	0.32	86.0	TRY IT
	Natural White	BEHR	DC-005	95.8	4.0	104	7.5	Yellow	9.50	0.50	90.0	TRY IT
	Simply White*	BM	OC-117	95.7	4.7	107	8.9	Yellow	9.46	0.50	89.5	TRY IT
	First Snow	BEHR	DC-006	92.9	3.0	99	5.3	Yellow	9.20	0.40	82.7	TRY IT
	Snowbound	SW	7004	93.4	3.6	96	3.5	Yellow	9.23	0.44	83.0	TRY IT
	Tranquil Gray	BEHR	DC-007	81.9	5.0	90	2.6	Yellow	8.10	0.70	60.2	TRY IT
	Agreeable Gray	SW	7029	82.5	5.5	91	2.3	Yellow	8.00	0.74	60.0	TRY IT
	Gratifying Gray	BEHR	DC-008	80.6	4.0	103	8.0	Yellow	7.90	0.50	57.7	TRY IT
	Repose Gray	SW	7015	81.6	4.5	94	3.2	Yellow	8.03	0.59	58.0	TRY IT
	Vintage Pewter	BEHR	DC-009	79.1	7.0	93	3.8	Yellow	7.80	0.90	56.0	TRY IT
	Revere Pewter	BM	HC-172	79.1	7.4	92	2.9	Yellow	7.77	0.98	55.0	TRY IT
	Even Better Beige	BEHR	DC-010	82.0	9.0	90	2.5	Yellow	8.10	1.20	60.4	TRY IT
	Accessible Beige	SW	7036	81.7	8.6	88	1.4	Yellow	8.03	1.20	58.0	TRY IT

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