Behr Ball Gown MQ5-06
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| Code: | MQ5-06 |
| Name: | Ball Gown |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Ball Gown?
Behr Ball Gown MQ5-06 is a deep, muted blue-gray with a distinctly cool cast and a soft charcoal edge. Its low saturation keeps it from reading bright navy, giving walls a grounded, shadowed look instead. In daylight, the blue-gray character is more apparent, while evening light can make this shade look darker and closer to graphite. It suits a study, dining room, bedroom, or powder room where a darker wall color can add definition without feeling overly sharp. Pair Ball Gown with clean white trim, pale gray upholstery, natural oak, black metal, or brushed nickel for a crisp, restrained palette.
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What are Behr Ball Gown undertones?
Ball Gown is a deep, very muted slate blue. The HEX sample has a subtle blue bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear blue. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
82, 86, 97
Is Behr Ball Gown cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 224°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.
MQ5-06 Ball Gown HSL code: 224, 8%, 35%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Ball Gown
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this black shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Ball Gown:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
Darker shades
MQ5-06
Ball Gown
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Ball Gown with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 44, such as Behr Underground and Ottertail.
LRV of Ball Gown
Ball Gown has an LRV of 9.54% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 9.54%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #525661 |
| RGB Decimal | 82, 86, 97 |
| RGB Percent | 32.16%, 33.73%, 38.04% |
| HSV | Hue: 224° Saturation: 15.46% Value: 38.04% |
| HSL | hsl(224, 8, 35) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 15.46 Magenta: 11.34 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 61.96 |
| YIQ | Y: 86.058 I: -5.918 Q: 2.577 |
| XYZ | X: 8.964 Y: 9.312 Z: 12.631 |
| CIE Lab | L:36.579 a:0.964 b:-6.889 |
| CIE Luv | L:36.579 u:-2.671 v:-9.059 |
| Decimal | 5396065 |
| Hunter Lab | 30.516, -0.967, -3.18 |
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