Behr Grape Creme PPU16-11
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| Code: | PPU16-11 |
| Name: | Grape Creme |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Grape Creme?
Behr Grape Creme PPU16-11 is a light, muted gray with a subtle warm cast created by its slightly rosy-beige base. Its low saturation keeps it soft and understated rather than sharply cool or silvery. In bright daylight, this color can read as a clean pale gray, while warmer evening lighting may bring out its faint blush-taupe character. Use it on main walls in bedrooms, living rooms, or hallways where a quiet neutral backdrop is needed. It pairs naturally with off-white trim, weathered wood, charcoal accents, and soft dusty blue or muted green textiles.
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What are Behr Grape Creme undertones?
Grape Creme is a mid-light, near-neutral light gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.
HEX value:
RGB code:
190, 187, 187
Is Behr Grape Creme cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 0°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
PPU16-11 Grape Creme HSL code: 0, 2%, 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 Grape Creme
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Grape Creme:
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
PPU16-11
Grape Creme
Darker shades
PPU16-11
Grape Creme
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 Grape Creme with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 180, such as Behr Longmeadow and Greenwich Village.
LRV of Grape Creme
Grape Creme has an LRV of 50.23% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident 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 50.23%, 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 | #bebbbb |
| RGB Decimal | 190, 187, 187 |
| RGB Percent | 74.51%, 73.33%, 73.33% |
| HSV | Hue: 0° Saturation: 1.58% Value: 74.51% |
| HSL | hsl(0, 2, 74) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.58 Yellow: 1.58 Key: 25.49 |
| YIQ | Y: 187.897 I: 1.788 Q: 0.635 |
| XYZ | X: 47.973 Y: 50.076 Z: 54.139 |
| CIE Lab | L:76.116 a:1.047 b:0.375 |
| CIE Luv | L:76.116 u:1.713 v:0.375 |
| Decimal | 12499899 |
| Hunter Lab | 70.764, -2.827, 4.175 |
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