Benjamin Moore Cosmopolitan CSP-100
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| Official page: | Cosmopolitan CSP-100 |
| Code: | CSP-100 |
| Name: | Cosmopolitan |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Cosmopolitan?
Benjamin Moore Cosmopolitan CSP-100 is a light, muted gray-beige with a softly weathered stone appearance. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly tan, while the gentle warmth prevents it from feeling stark or icy. In bright daylight, Cosmopolitan can look like a pale mineral gray with a beige cast; warmer evening lighting tends to bring out its creamy, taupe-leaning side. It is well suited to living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and open-plan walls where a quiet neutral is needed without the crispness of white. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and charcoal or deep olive accents for contrast.
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What are Benjamin Moore Cosmopolitan undertones?
Cosmopolitan is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. 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:
187, 182, 169
Is Benjamin Moore Cosmopolitan cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 43°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
CSP-100 Cosmopolitan HSL code: 43, 12%, 70%
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 Cosmopolitan
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Cosmopolitan:
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-100
Cosmopolitan
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 Cosmopolitan with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 223, such as Benjamin Moore Feather Gray and Bachelor Blue.
LRV of Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan has an LRV of 46.47% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 46.47%, 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 | #BBB6A9 |
| RGB Decimal | 187, 182, 169 |
| RGB Percent | 73.33%, 71.37%, 66.27% |
| HSV | Hue: 43° Saturation: 9.63% Value: 73.33% |
| HSL | hsl(43, 12, 70) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.67 Yellow: 9.63 Key: 26.67 |
| YIQ | Y: 182.013 I: 7.157 Q: -2.988 |
| XYZ | X: 44.382 Y: 46.886 Z: 44.237 |
| CIE Lab | L:74.117 a:-0.529 b:7.245 |
| CIE Luv | L:74.117 u:3.669 v:10.57 |
| Decimal | 12301993 |
| Hunter Lab | 68.473, -4.131, 9.627 |
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