Decorator White (Behr PWN-10) vs Simply White (BM 2143-70)

Living room with walls painted Behr Decorator White PWN-10 (simulated) — Decorator White Behr PWN-10#F6F4EC, LRV 90.4 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Simply White 2143-70 (simulated) — Simply White BM 2143-70#F6F6ED, LRV 89.5 Verified 2026-10-02

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 90.4 vs 89.5.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 4.1 vs 4.3).
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 92.5 vs 92.3 in north light).
Trim that works: White Fur Behr W-F-610, #F1EFE7, LRV 86.2 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.2, very close. At 1.2, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Decorator WhiteBehr PWN-10LRV 90.4 (estimated), #F6F4EC

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Simply WhiteBenjamin Moore, BM 2143-70LRV 89.5, #F6F6ED

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Decorator White (Behr PWN-10) is about as light as Simply White (BM 2143-70) and about as warm: LRV 90.4 vs 89.5, deltaE 1.2 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Decorator White	Simply White	Gap
Brand	Behr	Benjamin Moore
Color code	PWN-10	2143-70
Hex	#F6F4EC	#F6F6ED
RGB	246, 244, 236	246, 246, 237
HSL	48°, 36%, 95%	60°, 33%, 95%
LRV (light reflectance value)	90.4 (est.)	89.5	+0.9
Lab L*	96.1	96.7	−0.5
Lab a*	-0.7	-1.6	+0.8
Lab b*	4.1	4.3	−0.2
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	neutral	neutral
Color family	White	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Decorator White (Behr PWN-10), published as #F6F4EC

North light (cool, indirect)
#E4EAEA

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFEEB

Simply White (BM 2143-70), published as #F6F6ED

North light (cool, indirect)
#E4EBEB

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFFEB

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Decorator White (Behr PWN-10) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.9 LRV points lighter (90.4 vs 89.5), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Decorator White in other brands

Closest matches to Simply White in other brands

Common questions

Is Decorator White the same color as Simply White?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.2. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Decorator White and Simply White.
Which is lighter, Decorator White or Simply White?: Decorator White, with an LRV of 90.4 against 89.5.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Decorator White: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Simply White: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). 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.