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Cheating Heart 1617
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: No measurable undertone (true neutral)
In CIELAB, Cheating Heart sits at L* 32.6, a* -0.4, b* -1.5. Its hue angle is 256° and its chroma is 1.5, so it has essentially no color cast — a true neutral that will pick up the color of the light and surroundings. It classifies as neutral. Among Benjamin Moore colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 33%.
LRV 8.8: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 8.8, Cheating Heart is lighter than 4% of Benjamin Moore colors. Near-black depth. Use on doors, trim, cabinetry, exteriors or moody rooms with strong artificial lighting.
Closest Sherwin-Williams match to Cheating Heart
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberspace | SW 7076 | 2.57 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Perle Noir | SW 9154 | 3.04 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Big Dipper | SW 9645 | 3.72 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Cheating Heart
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Club | N500-7 | 0.92 | Practically identical | |
| Lump Of Coal | HDC-WR15-4 | 1.50 | Very close | |
| Cracked Pepper | PPU18-1 | 1.50 | Very close |
Similar Benjamin Moore colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Beret | 1610 | 0.95 | Practically identical | |
| Wrought Iron | 2124-10 | 1.22 | Very close | |
| Raccoon Fur | 2126-20 | 1.60 | Very close | |
| Nightfall | 1596 | 1.60 | Very close | |
| Midnight Blue | 1638 | 1.74 | Very close | |
| Day's End | 2133-30 | 2.07 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Benjamin Moore with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Westcott Navy 1624 · lighter, LRV 9.9
- Dark Pewter 2122-10 · lighter, LRV 10.8
- Iron Mountain 2134-30 · lighter, LRV 11.0
- Black Horizon 2132-30 · darker, LRV 7.9
- Midnight Oil 1631 · darker, LRV 7.7
- Graphite 1603 · darker, LRV 7.6
Colors that go with Cheating Heart
Cheating Heart is too close to neutral (chroma 1.5) for hue-based pairings to be meaningful; pair it with any color that shares its lean, and use a crisper white for trim.
Cheating Heart vs popular colors
- Wrought Iron (Benjamin Moore 2124-10, ΔE 1.2) is about as light.
- Peppercorn (Sherwin-Williams SW 7674, ΔE 4.2) is about as light, more yellow/warm.
- Gray (Benjamin Moore 2121-10, ΔE 4.2) is lighter (LRV 11.5 vs 8.8), more yellow/warm.