Benjamin Moore Bare Essence CSP-275
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| Official page: | Bare Essence CSP-275 |
| Code: | CSP-275 |
| Name: | Bare Essence |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Bare Essence?
Benjamin Moore Bare Essence CSP-275 is a light, muted beige with a warm cream-and-tan cast. Its softened, low-saturation appearance keeps it from reading overly yellow, while the slight warmth helps it feel more grounded than a stark off-white. In bright daylight, Bare Essence can look airy and lightly sand-colored; under warmer lamps, its beige depth becomes more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is wanted without the coolness of gray. Pair it with ivory trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and clay-toned accents for a layered, material-focused look.
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What are Benjamin Moore Bare Essence undertones?
Bare Essence is a light, muted sandy beige. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; 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:
222, 208, 185
Is Benjamin Moore Bare Essence cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 37°, this Yellow reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
CSP-275 Bare Essence HSL code: 37, 36%, 80%
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 Bare Essence
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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Bare Essence:
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
CSP-275
Bare Essence
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 Bare Essence with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 217, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.
LRV of Bare Essence
Bare Essence has an LRV of 62.41% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 62.41%, 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 | #DED0B9 |
| RGB Decimal | 222, 208, 185 |
| RGB Percent | 87.06%, 81.57%, 72.55% |
| HSV | Hue: 37° Saturation: 16.67% Value: 87.06% |
| HSL | hsl(37, 36, 80) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.31 Yellow: 16.67 Key: 12.94 |
| YIQ | Y: 209.564 I: 15.734 Q: -4.196 |
| XYZ | X: 61.436 Y: 64.145 Z: 55.031 |
| CIE Lab | L:84.041 a:1.1 b:13.174 |
| CIE Luv | L:84.041 u:9.715 v:18.927 |
| Decimal | 14602425 |
| Hunter Lab | 80.091, -3.235, 15.325 |
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