Benjamin Moore Gentle Butterfly / Hint of Pink / 2173-70

What color is Benjamin Moore Gentle Butterfly?

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What are Benjamin Moore Gentle Butterfly undertones?

Is Benjamin Moore Gentle Butterfly cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 17° on the HSL hue wheel, this Pink sits firmly on the warm side.

2173-70 Gentle Butterfly HSL code: 17, 57%, 93%

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 Gentle Butterfly

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:

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Pink shade looks under different lighting:

4000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Gentle Butterfly:

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

2173-70
Gentle Butterfly

• 2094-70
  Mellow Pink

  

• 2089-70
  Frosted Petal

  

• 883
  Shell Pink

  

• 886
  Blanched Coral

  

Darker shades

2173-70
Gentle Butterfly

• 051
  Precocious

  

• 036
  Orchid Pink

  

• 043
  East Lake Rose

  

• 052
  Conch Shell

  

• 1289
  Marry Me

  

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 Gentle Butterfly with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 197, such as Benjamin Moore Windy Sky and Ocean City Blue.

2173-70
Gentle Butterfly

• 1639
  Windy Sky

  

• 718
  Ocean City Blue

  

• HC-158
  Newburg Green

  

• 1673
  Vermont Slate

  

• 2123-50
  Ocean Air

  

• CW-575
  Everard Blue

  

• 720
  Bella Blue

  

LRV of Gentle Butterfly

Gentle Butterfly has an LRV of 81.64% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?

Color codes

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