The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Groundhog Day
Benjamin Moore · 1166
A soft plaster blush
Spoonful of Sugar
Benjamin Moore · 041
Terracotta with the lights on
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersGroundhog Day is the lighter of the two at LRV 51.2, 30.2 points above Spoonful of Sugar at LRV 20.98. Both read warm. Groundhog Day is a pinks, Spoonful of Sugar a oranges. For a whole room, Groundhog Day is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Spoonful of Sugar 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.
Do not let the name fool you — Spoonful of Sugar is a deep, saturated caramel-terracotta, not a pastel. With an LRV of 21 it is a real color with real weight, and in a high-gloss lacquer it becomes something else entirely: a warm, glowing envelope that turns a library or dining room into a jewel box.