Old Prairie
Old Prairie is a White paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Off White Collection, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#E2E0D1LRV
72.22
Old Prairie in Rooms
Follow Old Prairie from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 8 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Bedroom Photos
In a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, the most interesting quality of Old Prairie (OC-42) may be the way it responds to bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures. Its yellow undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Bedroom paneling brings sophisticated Old Prairie tones.
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Bedroom walls finished in warm Old Prairie paint.
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2 Living Room Photos
Catalog words such as Cozy, Rich offer another lens on its character. In this setting, let the movement from window light to lamplight and upholstery, timber, art and metal accents guide the final sample decision.
Hallway walls painted in calming Old Prairie hue.
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Hallway transformation features inviting Old Prairie tones.
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2 Misc Photos
2 misc images place Old Prairie (OC-42) in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. Its LRV of 72.2 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Smooth drywall glows with warm Old Prairie tones throughout the space.
@lauriehodgesinteriors
Paint color Old Prairie creates a cohesive, inviting wall treatment.
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2 Kitchen Photos
Old Prairie (OC-42) moves through 2 kitchen images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Kitchen walls envelope the room in soft, earthy Old Prairie hues.
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Cabinetry and walls coordinate beautifully in Old Prairie's warm neutrals.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 72 vs 33, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 27, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 72, Simply White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Old Prairie the marginally brighter of the two.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 72 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 72 vs 9, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
Old Prairie reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 8), opening up a space where Hale Navy encloses it.
Old Prairie reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 22), opening up a space where Luxe encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 14, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
Old Prairie reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 18, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 72 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 72 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (76 vs 72) makes Seapearl the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
At LRV 72 vs 50, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
Old Prairie reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 57), opening up a space where Moon Shadow encloses it.
Old Prairie reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Camouflage encloses it.
Old Prairie reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Old Prairie reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Fresh notes of green and gray invigorate this versatile off-white.