Benjamin Moore Fossil AF-65

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Fossil for living room (4 photos)
Benjamin Moore AF-65 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Benjamin Moore Fossil reviews (1 photo)
What are Benjamin Moore Fossil undertones?
Is Fossil AF-65 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Fossil
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Fossil AF-65
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Fossil AF-65
Code:	AF-65
Name:	Fossil
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Fossil?

Benjamin Moore Fossil AF-65 is a light, muted neutral with a soft beige cast and a gentle grayed quality that keeps it from reading overly creamy. Its pale value makes it a useful wall color for rooms that need brightness without the sharper look of a clean white. In warm artificial light, Fossil can appear more softly beige, while cooler daylight brings out its quiet stone-like neutrality. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and whole-home wall applications, especially alongside natural oak, linen upholstery, warm white trim, and brushed brass. For contrast, pair this color with deeper mushroom tones, charcoal accents, or dark stained wood.

Fossil for living room (4 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 AF-65 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm grey hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

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Benjamin Moore Fossil reviews

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 Fossil undertones?

The supplied digital color reads as a light, very muted beige with a soft yellow-leaning bias and little obvious color intensity. That slight warmth is subtle rather than strongly golden, so the overall effect remains close to neutral. Benjamin Moore describes Fossil as “a quiet beige that can ground a space,” which aligns with its visibly restrained beige family. Warm artificial light can make its gentle yellow warmth more noticeable, while cool daylight may make it appear more neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E3DDCE

RGB code:

227, 221, 206

Is Benjamin Moore Fossil cool or warm?

warm

cool

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

AF-65 Fossil HSL code: 43, 27%, 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 Fossil

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 Fossil:

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 Fossil 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 Fossil

Fossil has an LRV of 71.59% 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 71.59%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#E3DDCE
RGB Decimal	227, 221, 206
RGB Percent	89.02%, 86.67%, 80.78%
HSV	Hue: 43° Saturation: 9.25% Value: 89.02%
HSL	hsl(43, 27, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.64 Yellow: 9.25 Key: 10.98
YIQ	Y: 221.084 I: 8.396 Q: -3.399
XYZ	X: 68.673 Y: 72.501 Z: 68.752
CIE Lab	L:88.209 a:-0.514 b:8.089
CIE Luv	L:88.209 u:4.334 v:12.142
Decimal	14933454
Hunter Lab	85.147, -5.043, 11.73