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Settled, side by side

Pashmina

Benjamin Moore · AF-100

Silver Satin

Benjamin Moore · OC-26

44.2
LRV
74.9
Silver Satin is 30.7 points lighter
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Hex
#E4E1D9
187 · 178 · 161
RGB
228 · 225 · 217
Neutral
Warmth
Warm
Pashmina is neutral; Silver Satin is warm.
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Undertone
Warm grey-beige, a faint violet that rarely flashes green
Beige
Family
White
Affinity
Collection
Off-White Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Silver Satin is the lighter of the two at LRV 74.9, 30.7 points above Pashmina at LRV 44.2. Pashmina leans neutral where Silver Satin reads warm. Pashmina is a beige, Silver Satin a white. For a whole room, Silver Satin is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Pashmina is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Pashmina is Benjamin Moore's most even-handed taupe: the brand describes it as 'perfectly balanced between warm and cool, light and dark'. It belongs to the Affinity collection, designed so that every colour in it harmonises with every other.

Silver Satin is the quiet professional of the off-white world — soft, low-chroma, and just warm enough to never read as stark. In a north-facing room it settles into a calm greige; in afternoon sun it lifts to a clean, milky white without ever turning yellow.

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