Behr Love Poem M120-6
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| Code: | M120-6 |
| Name: | Love Poem |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Love Poem?
Behr Love Poem M120-6 is a muted medium mauve with a dusty rose cast and a gentle grayness that keeps it from reading overly sweet. Its red-violet base can appear rosier in warm afternoon light, while cooler daylight brings forward its soft plum undertone. Use it on a bedroom wall, powder room, or painted accent furniture where its moderate depth can add color without overwhelming the room. Creamy off-whites, warm taupe, charcoal, and natural oak give this shade a grounded look, while aged brass or blackened metal hardware adds useful contrast.
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What are Behr Love Poem undertones?
Love Poem is a midtone, soft berry red. The HEX sample leans pink-red; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. 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:
RGB code:
160, 101, 130
Is Behr Love Poem cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 331°, this dark pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
M120-6 Love Poem HSL code: 331, 24%, 51%
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 Love Poem
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 dark pink shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Love Poem:
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
M120-6
Love Poem
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 Love Poem with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 151, such as Behr Mountain Falls and Congo.
LRV of Love Poem
Love Poem has an LRV of 19.61% 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 19.61%, 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 | #a06582 |
| RGB Decimal | 160, 101, 130 |
| RGB Percent | 62.75%, 39.61%, 50.98% |
| HSV | Hue: 331° Saturation: 36.88% Value: 62.75% |
| HSL | hsl(331, 24, 51) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 36.88 Yellow: 18.75 Key: 37.25 |
| YIQ | Y: 121.947 I: 25.839 Q: 21.505 |
| XYZ | X: 23.18 Y: 18.394 Z: 23.443 |
| CIE Lab | L:49.97 a:28.033 b:-6.128 |
| CIE Luv | L:49.97 u:34.528 v:-13.129 |
| Decimal | 10511746 |
| Hunter Lab | 42.888, 21.421, -2.386 |
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