Benjamin Moore Collector's Item AF-45

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What are Benjamin Moore Collector's Item undertones?
Is Collector's Item AF-45 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Collector's Item
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Collector's Item AF-45
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Collector's Item AF-45
Code:	AF-45
Name:	Collector's Item
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Collector's Item?

Benjamin Moore Collector's Item AF-45 is a pale, softly warmed off-white with a gentle creamy-beige cast. Its light value keeps rooms open and bright, while the subtle warmth prevents it from reading as stark white. In daylight, this shade can appear clean and lightly sun-washed; under warmer evening bulbs, its beige undertone becomes more noticeable. It suits living room walls, bedrooms, hallways, and quiet kitchen cabinetry where a low-contrast finish is wanted. Pair Collector's Item with natural oak, linen upholstery, warm marble, muted clay tones, or deeper brown accents for a layered, grounded look.

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What are Benjamin Moore Collector's Item undertones?

Collector’s Item AF-45 reads as a very light, muted off-white with a soft yellow-cream direction in the supplied digital sample. Its color bias is subtle rather than strongly creamy, so it can appear close to neutral while still avoiding a stark white look. Benjamin Moore describes it as a “pink-tinged off-white,” which suggests a gentle rosy cast within its overall off-white family rather than a clearly pink main color. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its creamy or rosy warmth, while cool daylight may make it look cleaner and more neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#F1EADC

RGB code:

241, 234, 220

Is Benjamin Moore Collector's Item cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 40° on the HSL hue wheel, this Grey sits firmly on the warm side.

AF-45 Collector's Item HSL code: 40, 43%, 90%

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 Collector's Item

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Collector's Item:

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

AF-45
Collector's Item

OC-72
Pink Damask

Darker shades

AF-45
Collector's Item

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 Collector's Item with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

AF-45
Collector's Item

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LRV of Collector's Item

Collector's Item has an LRV of 81.27% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 81.27%, 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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Format	Code
HEX	#F1EADC
RGB Decimal	241, 234, 220
RGB Percent	94.51%, 91.76%, 86.27%
HSV	Hue: 40° Saturation: 8.71% Value: 94.51%
HSL	hsl(40, 43, 90)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.9 Yellow: 8.71 Key: 5.49
YIQ	Y: 234.497 I: 8.67 Q: -2.876
XYZ	X: 78.614 Y: 82.714 Z: 79.515
CIE Lab	L:92.889 a:-0.007 b:7.635
CIE Luv	L:92.889 u:4.842 v:11.488
Decimal	15854300
Hunter Lab	90.947, -4.864, 11.826