Head Over Heels vs Spice Cookie
Where Head Over Heels belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Spice Cookie is a PPG color. These are both beiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (73 vs 74), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 0.6, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Head Over Heels vs Spice Cookie in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Head Over Heels and Spice Cookie are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Head Over Heels vs Spice Cookie Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Head Over Heels on one side and Spice Cookie on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Head Over Heels comparisons
See how Head Over Heels stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Head Over Heels reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 73 vs 6, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
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Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 52, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 58, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 27, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 55, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 13, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 44, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (73 vs 66) makes Head Over Heels the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 73) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 8, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Head Over Heels the marginally brighter of the two.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 45, Head Over Heels is decisively the brighter choice.
Head Over Heels reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.