Behr Smoked Mulberry MQ1-38
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| Code: | MQ1-38 |
| Name: | Smoked Mulberry |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Smoked Mulberry?
Behr Smoked Mulberry MQ1-38 is a muted, medium-dark plum-gray with a softly dusty cast. Its blend of mauve and charcoal-like gray keeps the purple undertone present without making the color feel overly bright or sweet. In daylight, Smoked Mulberry can read as a softened berry neutral, while lower or warmer lighting brings out its deeper, smokier character. It makes a grounded choice for a dining room, bedroom, or powder room wall, and it can also add depth to painted cabinetry or a single accent wall. Pair it with warm white trim, pale greige, weathered oak, black metal, or brushed brass for contrast that lets the color’s subdued violet notes show through.
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What are Behr Smoked Mulberry undertones?
Smoked Mulberry is a midtone, muted muted berry. The HEX sample leans pink; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm light may make it look rosier, while cool daylight can make it feel more muted and gray.
HEX value:
RGB code:
114, 95, 108
Is Behr Smoked Mulberry cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 319°, this dark purple leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
MQ1-38 Smoked Mulberry HSL code: 319, 9%, 41%
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 Smoked Mulberry
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 purple shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Smoked Mulberry:
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
MQ1-38
Smoked Mulberry
Darker shades
MQ1-38
Smoked Mulberry
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 Smoked Mulberry with a purple hue, complementary colors are those with a yellow hue close to 139, such as Behr Greener Pastures and Mountain Falls.
LRV of Smoked Mulberry
Smoked Mulberry has an LRV of 13.49% 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 13.49%, 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 | #725f6c |
| RGB Decimal | 114, 95, 108 |
| RGB Percent | 44.71%, 37.25%, 42.35% |
| HSV | Hue: 319° Saturation: 16.67% Value: 44.71% |
| HSL | hsl(319, 9, 41) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 16.67 Yellow: 5.26 Key: 55.29 |
| YIQ | Y: 102.163 I: 7.145 Q: 8.065 |
| XYZ | X: 13.738 Y: 12.845 Z: 15.939 |
| CIE Lab | L:42.528 a:10.122 b:-4.494 |
| CIE Luv | L:42.528 u:10.124 v:-7.525 |
| Decimal | 7495532 |
| Hunter Lab | 35.84, 5.703, -1.28 |
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