Melon Cup
101 · #F0CEB6 · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Melon Cup64
- 4Naive Peach69
- 5Juno Peach74
What Color Is Melon Cup, Really?
Melon Cup reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 101 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Melon Cup
Melon Cup 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. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Melon Cup
At LRV 64, Melon Cup is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Melon Cup 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 101 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 | CreamerySW 6358 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.4 | 67 | Color page → |
| Behr | Pale CoralPPU3-07 · Behr | 1.7 | 67 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Bread Basket3002-8B · Valspar | 3.0 | 65.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Peach DarlingPPG1201-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Peach DarlingPPG1201-3 · Glidden | 0.5 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pale Peach309-2DB · Dutch Boy | 2.8 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Melon Cup 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 #F0CEB6 in HSL space. Pair Melon Cup with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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