The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pink Cloud
Benjamin Moore · 887
Pink, but barely
Spoonful of Sugar
Benjamin Moore · 041
Terracotta with the lights on
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersPink Cloud is the lighter of the two at LRV 80.1, 59.1 points above Spoonful of Sugar at LRV 20.98. Both read warm. Pink Cloud is a pinks, Spoonful of Sugar a oranges. For a whole room, Pink Cloud 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 wordsPink Cloud is the lightest pink in the library — at LRV 80 it is closer to a tinted white than a color, a peach-blush so faint it reads as warmth rather than pink until you see it beside a true white. It is gentle, luminous and impossible to overdo.
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.