The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
Creekbed
Benjamin Moore · 1006
The taupe that makes marble look expensive
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomCreekbed
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersPelican Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 58.58, 25.2 points above Creekbed at LRV 33.34. Pelican Gray leans cool where Creekbed reads warm. Pelican Gray is a grays, Creekbed a neutrals. For a whole room, Pelican Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Creekbed is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsPelican Gray is a light, silvery grey with a clear blue lean — cooler than the greiges that dominated the last decade, and all the better for it. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to feel deliberate. It is the grey of a slate roof after rain.
Creekbed 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.