Behr Creamy Mushroom PPU5-13

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Creamy Mushroom for bedroom (1 photo)
Behr Creamy Mushroom for bathroom (2 photos)
Behr PPU5-13 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
Behr Creamy Mushroom reviews (12 photos)
What are Behr Creamy Mushroom undertones?
Is Creamy Mushroom PPU5-13 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Creamy Mushroom
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Creamy Mushroom PPU5-13
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	PPU5-13
Name:	Creamy Mushroom
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Creamy Mushroom?

Behr Creamy Mushroom PPU5-13 is a light, muted beige with a gentle warm cast and a soft taupe influence. Its low-contrast, slightly grayed appearance keeps it from reading overly yellow, making it a calm option for main walls in living rooms, bedrooms, or hallways. In daylight, Creamy Mushroom looks airy and balanced; warmer evening lighting can bring forward its beige warmth. Pair it with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass for a layered neutral scheme. It also suits cabinetry or exterior siding when a pale neutral is wanted without the starkness of white.

Creamy Mushroom for bedroom

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

Behr Creamy Mushroom bedroom color review

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Behr PPU5-13 for bathroom (2 photos)

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm mid-tone beige real bathrooms.

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Behr Creamy Mushroom bathroom wall panelling

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Behr PPU5-13 on kitchen cabinets

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

Behr Creamy Mushroom kitchen cabinets color review

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Behr Creamy Mushroom reviews (12 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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Behr Creamy Mushroom wall paint color review

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Behr Creamy Mushroom wall paint makeover

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Behr Creamy Mushroom painted dresser review

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Behr Creamy Mushroom kids' room interior

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What are Behr Creamy Mushroom undertones?

Creamy Mushroom is a mid-light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#CABDAE

RGB code:

202, 189, 174

Is Behr Creamy Mushroom cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 32°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

PPU5-13 Creamy Mushroom HSL code: 32, 21%, 74%

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 Creamy Mushroom

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Creamy Mushroom:

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

PPU5-13
Creamy Mushroom

Darker shades

PPU5-13
Creamy Mushroom

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 Creamy Mushroom with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 212, such as Behr Icicles and Shaved Ice.

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Creamy Mushroom

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LRV of Creamy Mushroom

Creamy Mushroom has an LRV of 52.19% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 52.19%, 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	#cabdae
RGB Decimal	202, 189, 174
RGB Percent	79.22%, 74.12%, 68.24%
HSV	Hue: 32° Saturation: 13.86% Value: 79.22%
HSL	hsl(32, 21, 74)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.44 Yellow: 13.86 Key: 20.78
YIQ	Y: 191.177 I: 12.567 Q: -1.918
XYZ	X: 50.194 Y: 52.009 Z: 47.427
CIE Lab	L:77.286 a:2.053 b:9.231
CIE Luv	L:77.286 u:8.63 v:12.986
Decimal	13286830
Hunter Lab	72.117, -1.968, 11.49