Benjamin Moore April Showers 1507

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What are Benjamin Moore April Showers undertones?
Is April Showers 1507 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on April Showers
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of April Showers 1507
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	April Showers 1507
Code:	1507
Name:	April Showers
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore April Showers?

Benjamin Moore April Showers 1507 is a light, softly muted off-white with a noticeable beige-yellow cast beneath its grayish surface. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overtly creamy, giving walls a quiet, lightly weathered neutral appearance. In bright daylight, this shade can look pale and airy, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its gentle khaki-beige warmth. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a restrained neutral is wanted without the crispness of a true white. Pair April Showers with natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, charcoal accents, or deeper olive tones for an earthy, grounded palette.

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What are Benjamin Moore April Showers undertones?

April Showers is a light, very muted straw beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:

#DAD9C9

RGB code:

218, 217, 201

Is Benjamin Moore April Showers cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 56°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

1507 April Showers HSL code: 56, 19%, 82%

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 April Showers

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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore April Showers:

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

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Darker shades

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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 April Showers with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 236, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Luxe.

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LRV of April Showers

April Showers has an LRV of 66.84% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 66.84%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#DAD9C9
RGB Decimal	218, 217, 201
RGB Percent	85.49%, 85.10%, 78.82%
HSV	Hue: 56° Saturation: 7.8% Value: 85.49%
HSL	hsl(56, 19, 82)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.46 Yellow: 7.8 Key: 14.51
YIQ	Y: 215.475 I: 5.737 Q: -4.768
XYZ	X: 64.267 Y: 68.749 Z: 65.127
CIE Lab	L:86.379 a:-2.437 b:8.005
CIE Luv	L:86.379 u:1.462 v:12.329
Decimal	14342601
Hunter Lab	82.915, -6.747, 11.47