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
In real rooms
Every room, each colorCreekbed
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersHoney 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 wordsCreekbed 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.