Match Northern Lights
Benjamin Moore Northern Lights is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 43. 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.
Northern Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 44 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (46 vs 43) makes Lark Green the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Northern Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 43 vs 28, Northern Lights is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 16.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Tiffany reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 19.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 56 vs 43, Freshwater Green is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 20.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Imagine the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 23.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Northern Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 23.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.