The closest widely recommended Benjamin Moore equivalent of Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa (SW 7551, LRV 84) is White Down OC-131, which lands near LRV 82 with the same soft, warm-cream undertone, a hair quieter than the original.
On the Behr deck, Swiss Coffee is the match most people reach for, sitting near LRV 83 with a touch more warmth and a faint green-yellow cast.
The delta is small in every case, so treat these as very close and not exact. Confirm the match on your own wall before you buy gallons.
No paint company publishes an official cross-brand chart, so any Greek Villa equivalent really comes down to which color lands closest on two numbers: light reflectance value (LRV) and undertone. For the full method behind these calls, we walk through how cross-brand paint matching works in the pillar guide. The short version: brands mix on different bases and tint systems, so no color code maps one for one. What we can do is find the Benjamin Moore and Behr colors that read almost the same in a room, then hand you a way to prove it on your own wall before you commit a single gallon.
The closest matches, side by side
| Color | Brand + code | Approx LRV | Undertone vs Greek Villa | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Villa (reference) | Sherwin-Williams SW 7551 | 84 | Warm creamy white, soft yellow, very little gray | The color you are matching |
| White Down | Benjamin Moore OC-131 | ~82 | The same warm cream, a hair quieter and a shade less yellow | Closest overall |
| White Sand | Benjamin Moore OC-10 | ~78 | Warmer and a clear step deeper into tan-cream | Cozier, deeper alternative |
| Swiss Coffee | Behr Swiss Coffee | ~83 | Very close, a touch warmer with a faint green-yellow | Best Behr option |
Try it on your house
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LRV figures are published-figure approximations and can move a point or two between fan decks and sample batches. Any hex or RGB you see for these colors is a digital rendering, not a spec: Greek Villa around #F0ECE2, White Down around #EFEADD, White Sand around #EAE3D3, Swiss Coffee around #F0EBDB. The authoritative reference is always a physical paint chip viewed in your own light.
Read the lineup top to bottom and the pattern is clear. White Down is the honest bull's-eye: close on brightness, close on warmth, and the color most designers name first when a Benjamin Moore client falls for Greek Villa. White Sand is the name people often shout instead, and it is a lovely cream, but it sits a real step deeper, so save it for rooms with enough light to carry the extra body. Swiss Coffee is the Behr wildcard, genuinely close and a shade warmer, and the easiest of the four to buy on a Saturday morning. Every one of them is a near miss by a point or two, which is the whole reason this article ends where it does: on your own wall.
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Why there is no exact Greek Villa equivalent
Three forces keep a perfect Greek Villa clone off the shelf. The first is that every brand mixes its whites in-house. Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, and Behr each chase a warm creamy white from a different starting point, so two colors can post the same LRV and still lean apart once real light hits the wall. Greek Villa carries a soft yellow-cream with almost no gray to cut it. White Down gets within a hair but reads a touch quieter, White Sand steps deeper into tan-cream, and Swiss Coffee tips slightly greener. None of them is wrong. They are simply four points clustered around the same warm target.
The second force is the tint system. Each brand builds a color on its own base paint, then loads a proprietary set of colorants, so a match that looks dead-on in a fan deck can drift a shade at the register, where the mix, the sheen, and even the batch nudge the undertone. That is how two colors with the same published LRV can dry a hair brighter or creamier on drywall. The third force is context. North light cools every cream, warm bulbs push it yellow, and a wood floor or a brass fixture will bounce color back onto the wall. Greek Villa and its Benjamin Moore match can agree in the living room and separate in the hallway. This is normal, and it is exactly why we frame these as the closest recommended matches rather than exact equivalents.
When the Benjamin Moore match works (and when to stay Sherwin-Williams)
- Switch to White Down OC-131 when you already run Benjamin Moore for trim and cabinets and want a single supplier. At roughly LRV 82 it keeps Greek Villa's soft, creamy glow with a shade less yellow, which reads as clean rather than cool.
- Reach for White Sand OC-10 when you want the warmth to read more clearly. It sits deeper, near LRV 78, so it holds its cream in bright, sun-washed rooms that can rinse a lighter white toward plain off-white by mid-afternoon.
- Go with Behr Swiss Coffee when budget or store access points you to Behr. It is the closest Behr cream to Greek Villa, a touch warmer and greener, and easy to find at The Home Depot when you need a gallon today.
- Stay with Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa when the rest of your palette was built around SW 7551, or when your samples show a visible drift. For the full personality of the color, its lighting behavior, and its best rooms, see Greek Villa undertones and best rooms, and if you are still torn between it and its closest Sherwin-Williams cousin, here is Greek Villa set against Alabaster in a side-by-side comparison.
Related matches
Rebuilding a whole Sherwin-Williams warm-white scheme on the Benjamin Moore deck? We ran the same math for two whites people cross-shop right next to Greek Villa: the Benjamin Moore match for Snowbound and the Benjamin Moore match for Shoji White. Read alongside this one, they let you carry a full Sherwin-Williams palette onto the Benjamin Moore shelf without guessing at each swap.
Frequently asked questions
What is the closest Benjamin Moore equivalent of Greek Villa?
The closest widely recommended Benjamin Moore match is White Down OC-131. Its LRV sits near 82, about two points below Greek Villa at LRV 84, and its undertone reads the same warm cream a hair quieter. White Sand OC-10 is a deeper, cozier alternative. The delta is small, so paint a sample and confirm it on your own wall before you commit.
Is there a Behr version of Greek Villa?
Behr does not sell Greek Villa, but Swiss Coffee is the match most people reach for. It is a warm creamy white near LRV 83 that reads a touch warmer than Greek Villa with a faint green-yellow cast. Because Behr and Sherwin-Williams tint on different bases, hold a Behr chip against a Greek Villa chip in your own light before deciding.
What is the LRV and undertone of Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa?
Greek Villa (SW 7551) has a published LRV of 84, which makes it a soft, creamy white rather than a stark one. Its undertone is a warm cream with a gentle yellow and very little gray, which is why it reads cozier than cooler, cleaner whites. A good cross-brand match needs a similar LRV and that same soft, warm-cream undertone.
Will the Benjamin Moore match look identical to Greek Villa?
No. No brand publishes official equivalents, so even the closest match carries a small LRV and undertone delta that shifts with your lighting, sheen, and the surface underneath. Treat White Down or Swiss Coffee as very close, not identical, and test the specific match on your wall before you buy gallons.
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