Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce 1637

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Benjamin Moore 1637 on kitchen cabinets (2 photos)
Blue Spruce for exterior (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce reviews (2 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce undertones?
Is Blue Spruce 1637 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Blue Spruce
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Blue Spruce 1637
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Blue Spruce 1637
Code:	1637
Name:	Blue Spruce
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce?

Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce 1637 is a muted blue-gray with a cool, weathered cast and moderate depth. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly blue, giving walls a grounded slate-like appearance instead. In brighter daylight, the gray notes become more noticeable, while lower or warmer light can bring out its subdued blue-green edge. Use it in a study, bedroom, or powder room for a quiet backdrop, or on cabinetry when a darker neutral is wanted without the heaviness of charcoal. Crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and soft stone finishes complement this shade especially well.

Benjamin Moore 1637 on kitchen cabinets (2 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating cool blue hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce kitchen cabinets

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Blue Spruce for exterior

Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this cool blue hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce reviews (2 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this blue that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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What are Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce undertones?

Blue Spruce is a dark, muted blue with a low-saturation, gray-cast overall character. In the supplied digital sample, the blue leans very slightly toward green, though that bias is subtle and may not be consistent across lighting or paint finishes. Benjamin Moore describes it as a saturated blue with hints of gray, which fits its visibly blue main family while helping explain its softened, restrained appearance. Warm artificial light may make the grayed quality and slight greenish cast more noticeable, while cool daylight can make the blue read cleaner and a bit crisper.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#607077

RGB code:

96, 112, 119

Is Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 198°, this dark blue leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

1637 Blue Spruce HSL code: 198, 11%, 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 Blue Spruce

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 dark blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce:

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 Blue Spruce with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 18, such as Benjamin Moore Quietly Violet and Desert Shadows.

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LRV of Blue Spruce

Blue Spruce has an LRV of 16.81% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 16.81%, 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	#607077
RGB Decimal	96, 112, 119
RGB Percent	37.65%, 43.92%, 46.67%
HSV	Hue: 198° Saturation: 19.33% Value: 46.67%
HSL	hsl(198, 11, 42)
CMYK	Cyan: 19.33 Magenta: 5.88 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 53.33
YIQ	Y: 108.014 I: -11.784 Q: -1.206
XYZ	X: 13.947 Y: 15.407 Z: 19.687
CIE Lab	L:46.186 a:-4.321 b:-5.875
CIE Luv	L:46.186 u:-8.643 v:-7.432
Decimal	6320247
Hunter Lab	39.251, -5.266, -2.261