Love & Happiness (BM 1191)
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Love & Happiness (BM 1191) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Love & Happiness
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Love & Happiness by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Love & Happiness, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Lotus Petal | SW 9697 | 77 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Possibly Pink | 200E-1 | 73.7 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Morning Glow | 2002-8C | 69 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Blush Beige | 1070-2 | 70 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Love & Happiness (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Love & Happiness
Darker than Love & Happiness
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1191 |
| Hex | #F2D9CC |
| RGB | 242, 217, 204 |
| HSL | 21°, 59%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.4, 6.6, 9.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Love & Happiness (BM 1191), published as #F2D9CC
#E1CFCA
#FFE3CC
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Love & Happiness (BM 1191)?
- Love & Happiness has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Love & Happiness is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Love & Happiness in another brand?
- Possibly Pink (Behr 200E-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Love & Happiness warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Love & Happiness as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.6; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.