Benjamin Moore Eternity AF-695

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Eternity for living room (2 photos)
Benjamin Moore Eternity reviews (6 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Eternity undertones?
Is Eternity AF-695 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Eternity
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Eternity AF-695
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Eternity AF-695
Code:	AF-695
Name:	Eternity
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Eternity?

Benjamin Moore Eternity AF-695 is a light, low-saturation gray with a gently cool cast and a faint blue-green lean visible in its balanced #BEC2C2 tone. It reads clean rather than icy, especially when paired with warm white trim, pale oak, or natural linen. In bright daylight, Eternity can appear airy and silvery; under warmer evening bulbs, it softens toward a quieter neutral gray. Use it on bedroom, bath, or living room walls when you want a subtle backdrop that still has more presence than plain white. Charcoal accents, brushed nickel, matte black hardware, and soft muted blues give this shade a cohesive finish.

Eternity for living room (2 photos)

Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this grey shade can create a unique space

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Benjamin Moore Eternity reviews (6 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this grey that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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Benjamin Moore AF-695 kitchen color review

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What are Benjamin Moore Eternity undertones?

Eternity AF-695 reads as a mid-light, very low-saturation gray that sits close to neutral overall. In the supplied digital sample, any color cast is faint, with a slight teal-leaning direction that is too subtle to call a definite undertone on its own. Benjamin Moore describes it as a gray with subtle blue undertones, which fits its visible cool-leaning gray character rather than making it a distinctly blue paint. Warm artificial light may soften or mute that cool cast, while cooler daylight can make the blue-gray quality easier to notice.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#BEC2C2

RGB code:

190, 194, 194

Is Benjamin Moore Eternity cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 180°, this Grey leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

AF-695 Eternity HSL code: 180, 3%, 75%

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 Eternity

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 Eternity:

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 Eternity with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 0, such as Benjamin Moore Quietly Violet and Desert Shadows.

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LRV of Eternity

Eternity has an LRV of 52.22% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 52.22%, 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	#BEC2C2
RGB Decimal	190, 194, 194
RGB Percent	74.51%, 76.08%, 76.08%
HSV	Hue: 180° Saturation: 2.06% Value: 76.08%
HSL	hsl(180, 3, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 2.06 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 23.92
YIQ	Y: 192.804 I: -2.384 Q: -0.846
XYZ	X: 50.262 Y: 53.426 Z: 58.689
CIE Lab	L:78.126 a:-1.382 b:-0.48
CIE Luv	L:78.126 u:-2.247 v:-0.479
Decimal	12501698
Hunter Lab	73.093, -5.167, 3.559