The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Groundhog Day
Benjamin Moore · 1166
A soft plaster blush
Monet
Benjamin Moore · 1243
Dusty rose in a Venetian mirror
In real rooms
Every room, each colorMonet
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersGroundhog Day is the lighter of the two at LRV 51.2, 11.2 points above Monet at LRV 39.98. Both read warm. Both belong to the pinks family. For a whole room, Groundhog Day is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Monet is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsA warm pink with just enough grey to keep it adult, Groundhog Day turns afternoon light the color of the inside of a shell. Drenched across walls and ceiling it reads like aged plaster; used on a single wall it warms a room without ever announcing itself as pink.
Monet is a dusty, mauve-leaning pink with a beige base — a rose that has softened into something closer to lilac. At LRV 40 it is a real mid-tone, dark enough to feel enveloping in a small room and light enough to keep a powder room from going gloomy.