Match Falling Star
Benjamin Moore Falling Star is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 85. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Lemon Spirit reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 85), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (88 vs 85) makes Pure Laughter the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 85 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Falling Star reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (92 vs 85) makes First Light the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Falling Star reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 72), opening up a space where Timid Absinthe encloses it. At ΔE 8.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Falling Star reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 72), opening up a space where Pale Hound encloses it. At ΔE 8.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 85 vs 70, Falling Star is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Falling Star is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 87 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 17.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.