The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Swiss Coffee
Benjamin Moore · OC-45
The warm white everyone starts with
Groundhog Day
Benjamin Moore · 1166
A soft plaster blush
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSwiss Coffee is the lighter of the two at LRV 84, 32.8 points above Groundhog Day at LRV 51.2. Both read warm. Swiss Coffee is a whites, Groundhog Day a pinks. For a whole room, Swiss Coffee is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Groundhog Day is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSwiss Coffee is the warm white by which other warm whites are measured. With an LRV near 84 it stays bright and open, but a slight yellow-beige undertone keeps it creamy rather than clinical — the look of fresh cream rather than fresh snow.
A 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.