Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum 1485

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What are Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum undertones?
Is Brushed Aluminum 1485 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Brushed Aluminum
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Brushed Aluminum 1485
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Brushed Aluminum 1485
Code:	1485
Name:	Brushed Aluminum
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum?

Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum 1485 is a light, muted gray with a soft beige cast and a faint green-gray undertone. Its low saturation keeps it gentle rather than stark, making it a useful alternative to crisper cool grays. In daylight, the color can read as a pale warm gray, while lower or warmer lighting may bring out its subdued khaki-beige notes. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where white trim, pale oak, linen upholstery, or brushed nickel details can reinforce its quiet, natural palette. Brushed Aluminum also makes a restrained cabinet or exterior neutral when paired with deeper charcoal, olive, or off-white accents.

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What are Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum undertones?

Brushed Aluminum 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:

#C8C6B9

RGB code:

200, 198, 185

Is Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 52°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1485 Brushed Aluminum HSL code: 52, 12%, 75%

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 Brushed Aluminum

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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Morning

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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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Brushed Aluminum:

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 Brushed Aluminum with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 232, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Evening Dove.

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LRV of Brushed Aluminum

Brushed Aluminum has an LRV of 55.43% 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 55.43%, 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	#C8C6B9
RGB Decimal	200, 198, 185
RGB Percent	78.43%, 77.65%, 72.55%
HSV	Hue: 52° Saturation: 7.5% Value: 78.43%
HSL	hsl(52, 12, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.0 Yellow: 7.5 Key: 21.57
YIQ	Y: 197.116 I: 5.369 Q: -3.623
XYZ	X: 52.769 Y: 56.171 Z: 53.948
CIE Lab	L:79.711 a:-1.603 b:6.76
CIE Luv	L:79.711 u:1.886 v:10.217
Decimal	13158073
Hunter Lab	74.947, -5.479, 9.785