Benjamin Moore Essex Green HC-188
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- Essex Green for bedroom (8 photos)
- Essex Green for living room (1 photo)
- Benjamin Moore Essex Green for bathroom (4 photos)
- Essex Green for exterior (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Essex Green reviews (10 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Essex Green undertones?
- Is Essex Green HC-188 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Essex Green
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Essex Green HC-188
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Essex Green HC-188 |
| Code: | HC-188 |
| Name: | Essex Green |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Essex Green?
Benjamin Moore Essex Green HC-188 is a deep, muted green that reads almost black in low light, with a quiet blue-gray cast beneath its green base. Its low saturation keeps it from feeling bright or leafy, giving walls and millwork a dense, grounded look. In brighter daylight, the green becomes more apparent, while evening lighting tends to emphasize its charcoal-like depth. Essex Green is especially effective on cabinetry, built-ins, front doors, and dining room walls where a dark color can define the architecture. Pair it with warm white trim, aged brass, natural oak, or pale stone to bring out its subtle green character.
Essex Green for bedroom (8 photos)
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing green shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful cool dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Essex Green for living room
Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this green shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore HC-188 for bathroom (4 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully cool dark green real bathrooms.
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Essex Green for exterior (4 photos)
Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this cool green hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Benjamin Moore Essex Green reviews (10 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this green 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 Essex Green undertones?
Essex Green is a very deep, muted green that reads close to black in many settings, with low saturation that keeps it restrained rather than bright. In the supplied digital sample, the subtle color bias appears slightly yellow-green, though that undertone is faint and can shift with surrounding colors and lighting. Benjamin Moore describes it as a nearly black shade of green, which aligns with its visibly dark green main family. Warm artificial light may bring out a slightly earthier, yellower cast, while cool daylight can make the green read cleaner and darker.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
39, 54, 46
Is Benjamin Moore Essex Green cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 148°, this dark green reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
HC-188 Essex Green HSL code: 148, 16%, 18%
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 Essex Green
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 Essex Green:
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
HC-188
Essex Green
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 Essex Green with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 328, such as Benjamin Moore Aplomb and Velvet Cloak.
LRV of Essex Green
Essex Green has an LRV of 5.64% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect 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 5.64%, 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 | #27362E |
| RGB Decimal | 39, 54, 46 |
| RGB Percent | 15.29%, 21.18%, 18.04% |
| HSV | Hue: 148° Saturation: 27.78% Value: 21.18% |
| HSL | hsl(148, 16, 18) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 27.78 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 14.81 Key: 78.82 |
| YIQ | Y: 48.603 I: -6.368 Q: -5.663 |
| XYZ | X: 2.649 Y: 3.267 Z: 3.075 |
| CIE Lab | L:21.082 a:-8.246 b:3.029 |
| CIE Luv | L:21.082 u:-6.521 v:4.011 |
| Decimal | 2569774 |
| Hunter Lab | 18.074, -5.471, 2.565 |
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