Benjamin Moore Fog Mist / 971 / Olympic Mountains / OC-31

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Fog Mist for living room (7 photos)
Benjamin Moore Fog Mist reviews (3 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Fog Mist undertones?
Is Fog Mist OC-31 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Fog Mist
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Fog Mist OC-31
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Fog Mist OC-31
Code:	OC-31
Name:	Fog Mist
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Fog Mist?

Benjamin Moore Fog Mist OC-31 is a light, softly warmed off-white with a muted beige cast that keeps it from reading stark. Its low saturation gives walls a gentle, powdery appearance, while the slight warmth is especially noticeable beside crisp white trim. In bright daylight, Fog Mist can look airy and pale; under warmer evening lighting, its creamy taupe undertone becomes more apparent. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a light neutral is wanted without the coolness of gray. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and deeper mushroom or muted olive accents for a grounded palette.

Fog Mist for living room (7 photos)

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

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Benjamin Moore Fog Mist living room interior

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Benjamin Moore Fog Mist reviews (3 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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What are Benjamin Moore Fog Mist undertones?

Fog Mist is a light, very muted off-white with a soft yellow-beige direction rather than a crisp, stark-white look. The supplied digital color reads nearly neutral overall, with only a subtle warm bias. Benjamin Moore describes it as having “warm notes of greige,” which fits its visible off-white family by adding a gentle gray-beige cast without making it look strongly tan. Warm artificial light may bring out its creamier, warmer side, while cool daylight can make its muted gray-beige quality appear a little more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E2DDD0

RGB code:

226, 221, 208

Is Benjamin Moore Fog Mist cool or warm?

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cool

With a hue of 43°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

OC-31 Fog Mist HSL code: 43, 24%, 85%

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 Fog Mist

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 Fog Mist:

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 Fog Mist with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 223, such as Benjamin Moore Feather Gray and Bachelor Blue.

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LRV of Fog Mist

Fog Mist has an LRV of 70.15% 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 70.15%, 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	#E2DDD0
RGB Decimal	226, 221, 208
RGB Percent	88.63%, 86.67%, 81.57%
HSV	Hue: 43° Saturation: 7.96% Value: 88.63%
HSL	hsl(43, 24, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.21 Yellow: 7.96 Key: 11.37
YIQ	Y: 221.013 I: 7.157 Q: -2.988
XYZ	X: 68.603 Y: 72.436 Z: 70.025
CIE Lab	L:88.178 a:-0.534 b:6.983
CIE Luv	L:88.178 u:3.626 v:10.532
Decimal	14867920
Hunter Lab	85.11, -5.06, 10.795