Benjamin Moore Country Life 1490
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| Official page: | Country Life 1490 |
| Code: | 1490 |
| Name: | Country Life |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Country Life?
Benjamin Moore Country Life 1490 is a muted, medium-dark gray with an earthy olive-brown cast. Its low saturation gives it a weathered, grounded look rather than a sharp green or conventional taupe. In bright daylight, Country Life can read as a softened khaki-gray, while lower or warmer lighting brings out its deeper brown and olive notes. It suits studies, dining rooms, mudrooms, and exterior siding where a substantial neutral is wanted without going near black. Pair it with warm off-whites, aged brass, natural oak, stone, and charcoal accents for a layered, material-focused palette.
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What are Benjamin Moore Country Life undertones?
Country Life is a midtone, very muted olive-brown. 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:
RGB code:
110, 105, 88
Is Benjamin Moore Country Life cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 46°, this dark green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
1490 Country Life HSL code: 46, 11%, 39%
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 Country Life
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 dark green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Country Life:
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 Country Life with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.
LRV of Country Life
Country Life has an LRV of 15.67% 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 15.67%, 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 | #6E6958 |
| RGB Decimal | 110, 105, 88 |
| RGB Percent | 43.14%, 41.18%, 34.51% |
| HSV | Hue: 46° Saturation: 20.0% Value: 43.14% |
| HSL | hsl(46, 11, 39) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.55 Yellow: 20.0 Key: 56.86 |
| YIQ | Y: 104.557 I: 8.442 Q: -4.233 |
| XYZ | X: 13.243 Y: 14.123 Z: 11.258 |
| CIE Lab | L:44.409 a:-1.171 b:10.282 |
| CIE Luv | L:44.409 u:3.924 v:13.096 |
| Decimal | 7235928 |
| Hunter Lab | 37.581, -2.863, 8.544 |
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