Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller CSP-755

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Dusty Miller for bedroom (2 photos)
Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller reviews (2 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller undertones?
Is Dusty Miller CSP-755 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Dusty Miller
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Dusty Miller CSP-755
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Dusty Miller CSP-755
Code:	CSP-755
Name:	Dusty Miller
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller?

Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller CSP-755 is a light, muted gray with a gentle yellow-beige undertone that keeps it from reading icy or blue. Its low-saturation appearance gives walls a soft, chalky look, especially in bedrooms, hallways, and quiet living areas. In cooler daylight, Dusty Miller can appear closer to a pale warm gray, while lamplight brings out more of its subdued creamy cast. Pair it with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass for a grounded, lightly warm interior palette.

Dusty Miller for bedroom (2 photos)

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing greige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller bedroom review

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Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller reviews (2 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this greige 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 Dusty Miller undertones?

Dusty Miller reads as a light, very muted neutral with a soft yellow-green cast and low saturation. In the supplied digital sample, that bias is subtle rather than strongly green, so the overall look stays close to a softened gray-beige neutral. Benjamin Moore places it in its Neutral category and describes “soft-green plants,” which supports reading the green as a gentle influence within the color’s neutral main family rather than as a bold green wall color. Warm artificial light may bring out its yellowed warmth slightly, while cool daylight can make it appear grayer or a little more green-leaning.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#CECEC0

RGB code:

206, 206, 192

Is Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 60°, this Greige leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

CSP-755 Dusty Miller HSL code: 60, 13%, 78%

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 Dusty Miller

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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Dusty Miller:

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 Dusty Miller with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 240, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Luxe.

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LRV of Dusty Miller

Dusty Miller has an LRV of 59.44% 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 59.44%, 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	#CECEC0
RGB Decimal	206, 206, 192
RGB Percent	80.78%, 80.78%, 75.29%
HSV	Hue: 60° Saturation: 6.8% Value: 80.78%
HSL	hsl(60, 13, 78)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 6.8 Key: 19.22
YIQ	Y: 204.404 I: 4.499 Q: -4.357
XYZ	X: 57.037 Y: 61.07 Z: 58.638
CIE Lab	L:82.417 a:-2.471 b:6.966
CIE Luv	L:82.417 u:0.774 v:10.735
Decimal	13553344
Hunter Lab	78.148, -6.477, 10.215