Match Tea
Benjamin Moore Tea is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 10. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
View full Tea color page →
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 11 vs 10), 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 10 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 10 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Pearl copper reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (10 vs 7) makes Tea the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Terrakotta the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (16 vs 10) makes Picture Gallery Red the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (15 vs 10) makes Statement Red the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Tea reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 3-point LRV gap (10 vs 7) makes Tea the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.