Pink Damask (BM 890) vs Opal (BM 891)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Pink Damask 890 (simulated) — Pink Damask BM 890#F6F0E7, LRV 85.5

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Opal 891 (simulated) — Opal BM 891#F6ECDF, LRV 84.3

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Pink Damask, LRV 85.5 vs 84.3.
Warmer: Opal, both warm white (Lab b* 7.5 vs 5.1).
North rooms: Pink Damask: keeps more brightness (L* 91.1 vs 89.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 4.2 vs 4.9).
Trim that works: Pink Damask BM OC-72, #F6F0E7, LRV 85.5: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.2, very close. At 2.2, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Pink DamaskBenjamin Moore, BM 890LRV 85.5, #F6F0E7

OpalBenjamin Moore, BM 891LRV 84.3, #F6ECDF

Pink Damask (BM 890) is about as light as Opal (BM 891) and slightly cooler: LRV 85.5 vs 84.3, deltaE 2.2 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Pink Damask	Opal	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Benjamin Moore
Color code	890	891
Hex	#F6F0E7	#F6ECDF
RGB	246, 240, 231	246, 236, 223
HSL	36°, 45%, 94%	34°, 56%, 92%
LRV (light reflectance value)	85.5	84.3	+1.1
Lab L*	95.0	93.9	+1.2
Lab a*	0.5	1.2	−0.7
Lab b*	5.1	7.5	−2.5
Undertone	Warm	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	White	Off-white

Same paint, two kinds of light

Pink Damask (BM 890), published as #F6F0E7

North light (cool, indirect)
#E4E6E5

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFAE7

Opal (BM 891), published as #F6ECDF

North light (cool, indirect)
#E4E2DD

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF6DF

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 Pink Damask (BM 890) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1.1 LRV points lighter (85.5 vs 84.3), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Pink Damask (BM 890) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.1 against 7.5, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Opal (BM 891) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.5), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Pink Damask in other brands

Closest matches to Opal in other brands

Common questions

Is Pink Damask the same color as Opal?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.2. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Pink Damask and Opal.
Which is lighter, Pink Damask or Opal?: Pink Damask, with an LRV of 85.5 against 84.3.

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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: 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.