Benjamin Moore Bear Creek 1470
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| Official page: | Bear Creek 1470 |
| Code: | 1470 |
| Name: | Bear Creek |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Bear Creek?
Benjamin Moore Bear Creek 1470 is a muted, medium-depth gray-brown with a softly warm cast. Its low-saturation color keeps it grounded and earthy, reading as a weathered taupe-gray rather than a pronounced brown. In bright daylight, the gray aspect is more apparent, while lower or warmer artificial light can bring out its subtle beige-brown warmth. It makes a strong choice for a study, dining room, mudroom, or exterior trim where a darker neutral is wanted without the sharpness of charcoal. Pair Bear Creek with creamy off-whites, natural oak, aged brass, linen, and stone finishes for a layered, material-focused look.
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What are Benjamin Moore Bear Creek undertones?
Bear Creek is a midtone, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:
114, 106, 98
Is Benjamin Moore Bear Creek cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 30°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
1470 Bear Creek HSL code: 30, 8%, 42%
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 Bear Creek
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Bear Creek:
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
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 Bear Creek with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Benjamin Moore Nimbus Gray and Providence Blue.
LRV of Bear Creek
Bear Creek has an LRV of 16.11% 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 16.11%, 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 | #726A62 |
| RGB Decimal | 114, 106, 98 |
| RGB Percent | 44.71%, 41.57%, 38.43% |
| HSV | Hue: 30° Saturation: 14.04% Value: 44.71% |
| HSL | hsl(30, 8, 42) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 7.02 Yellow: 14.04 Key: 55.29 |
| YIQ | Y: 107.48 I: 7.338 Q: -0.797 |
| XYZ | X: 14.298 Y: 14.768 Z: 13.649 |
| CIE Lab | L:45.314 a:1.632 b:5.619 |
| CIE Luv | L:45.314 u:5.187 v:7.007 |
| Decimal | 7498338 |
| Hunter Lab | 38.429, -0.837, 5.841 |
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