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Settled, side by side

Pashmina

Benjamin Moore · AF-100

Wabi

Color Atelier · Lime Paint

44.2
LRV
#BBB2A1
Hex
#E6DFD3
187 · 178 · 161
RGB
230 · 223 · 211
Neutral
Warmth
Warm
Pashmina is neutral; Wabi is warm.
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Undertone
Soft off-white with a touch of umber and black; a pale taupe in limewash
Beige
Family
Beige
Affinity
Collection
Lime Paint

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Pashmina leans neutral where Wabi reads warm. Both belong to the beige family.

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.

Wabi is a Color Atelier lime paint — a soft off-white with a tiny addition of umber and black that pulls it toward pale taupe. Because it is a limewash, the colour is mottled and cloudy, moving between chalk white and warm stone across the wall.

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