Pistachio Ice Cream
CSP-815 · #DAD9BC · LRV 68 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Pistachio Ice Cream68
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Pistachio Ice Cream, Really?
Pistachio Ice Cream reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CSP-815 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pistachio Ice Cream
Pistachio Ice Cream 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 Pistachio Ice Cream
At LRV 68, Pistachio Ice Cream is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Pistachio Ice Cream 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 CSP-815 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 | HoneydewSW 6428 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 71 | Color page → |
| Behr | Stucco TanBWC-26 · Behr | 2.0 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Lunar Tide6006-3B · Valspar | 2.3 | 67.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | BreezewayPPG11-21 · PPG / Glidden | 2.5 | 68 | Color page → |
| Glidden | White Amber70YY 66/130 · Glidden | 2.4 | 66 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Green Garden227-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.1 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Pistachio Ice Cream 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 #DAD9BC in HSL space. Pair Pistachio Ice Cream with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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