Behr Boreal N420-5
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| Code: | N420-5 |
| Name: | Boreal |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Boreal?
Behr Boreal N420-5 is a muted mid-tone green-gray with a grounded, slightly cool cast. Its softened saturation keeps it from reading like a sharp botanical green, giving walls a quiet, natural-looking depth instead. In bright daylight, Boreal can appear more balanced and gray-green, while lower or warmer light may bring out its earthy olive side. It suits bedrooms, offices, mudrooms, and exterior siding where a substantial color is wanted without a dark finish. Pair it with warm white trim, charcoal accents, weathered wood, matte black hardware, or stone in gray and taupe tones.
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What are Behr Boreal undertones?
Boreal is a midtone, very muted mossy gray-green. The HEX sample has a subtle green bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear green. Warm light can make it look more olive and earthy, while cool daylight usually makes the green direction easier to notice.
HEX value:
RGB code:
113, 126, 115
Is Behr Boreal cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 129°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.
N420-5 Boreal HSL code: 129, 5%, 47%
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 Boreal
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 Boreal:
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
N420-5
Boreal
Darker shades
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 Boreal with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 309, such as Behr Vintner and Uptown Girl.
LRV of Boreal
Boreal has an LRV of 19.24% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 19.24%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #717e73 |
| RGB Decimal | 113, 126, 115 |
| RGB Percent | 44.31%, 49.41%, 45.10% |
| HSV | Hue: 129° Saturation: 10.32% Value: 49.41% |
| HSL | hsl(129, 5, 47) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 10.32 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 8.73 Key: 50.59 |
| YIQ | Y: 120.859 I: -4.212 Q: -6.173 |
| XYZ | X: 17.365 Y: 19.67 Z: 19.097 |
| CIE Lab | L:51.462 a:-7.072 b:4.362 |
| CIE Luv | L:51.462 u:-6.667 v:7.028 |
| Decimal | 7437939 |
| Hunter Lab | 44.351, -7.727, 5.516 |
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