Malted Milk
2099-60 · #DECAC2 · LRV 60 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Revere Pewter55
- 3Malted Milk60
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Malted Milk, Really?
Malted Milk reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 2099-60 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Malted Milk
Malted Milk is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Malted Milk
At LRV 60, Malted Milk is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Malted Milk are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Benjamin Moore 2099-60 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Malted MilkSW 6057 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.4 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | Victorian CameoHDC-NT-10 · Behr | 0.8 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pink Chantilly8004-5B · Valspar | 1.9 | 62 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Kangaroo PawPPG1060-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.1 | 61 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Kangaroo PawPPG1060-3 · Glidden | 1.5 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Birmingham Blush303-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.0 | 62 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Malted Milk within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #DECAC2 in HSL space. Pair Malted Milk with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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