The Color Digest · Compare

Settled, side by side

Creekbed

Benjamin Moore · 1006

The taupe that makes marble look expensive

Honey Hut

Benjamin Moore · 2102-60

Blush with a pulse

33.34
LRV
61.51
Honey Hut is 28.2 points lighter
#A99A8D
Hex
#E1CBC7
169 · 154 · 141
RGB
225 · 203 · 199
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Taupe — grey and brown in equal measure with a faint pink
Undertone
Pale dusty pink with a grey-beige base; blush through frosted glass
Neutrals
Family
Pinks
Classics Color Collection
Collection
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In real rooms

Every room, each color

Creekbed

1 room
All 1 room

Honey Hut

3 rooms
Honey HutBM 2102-60
Honey HutBM 2102-60
Honey HutBM 2102-60
All 3 rooms

The difference

Read from the numbers

Honey Hut is the lighter of the two at LRV 61.51, 28.2 points above Creekbed at LRV 33.34. Both read warm. Creekbed is a neutrals, Honey Hut a pinks. For a whole room, Honey Hut is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Creekbed is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Creekbed is a true taupe — grey and brown balanced so evenly that it reads as neither, with a faint pink warmth underneath. At LRV 33 it is a mid-tone, dark enough to feel like a color and light enough to keep a small room from closing in. It is the shade of wet river stone.

Honey Hut is a pale dusty pink with enough grey-beige in it to stay sophisticated. At LRV 62 it is light and airy, but it is unmistakably pink — more so than Bride to Be, less so than Pink Cloud. It has the softness of a powder puff and none of the sugar.

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