The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Bride to Be
Benjamin Moore · 1009
The pink that nobody notices is pink
Swiss Coffee
Benjamin Moore · OC-45
The warm white everyone starts with
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSwiss Coffee is the lighter of the two at LRV 84, 13.3 points above Bride to Be at LRV 70.69. Both read warm. Bride to Be is a pinks, Swiss Coffee a whites. For a whole room, Swiss Coffee is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Bride to Be is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsBride to Be is a whisper of pink folded into a warm off-white. At LRV 71 it is light enough to use as a whole-room neutral, and in most light it reads as a soft, flattering beige — the blush only shows when you put it next to a true white. It is the color of the inside of a shell.
Swiss Coffee is the warm white by which other warm whites are measured. With an LRV near 84 it stays bright and open, but a slight yellow-beige undertone keeps it creamy rather than clinical — the look of fresh cream rather than fresh snow.