Benjamin Moore Green Tea 236
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| Official page: | Green Tea 236 |
| Code: | 236 |
| Name: | Green Tea |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Green Tea?
Benjamin Moore Green Tea 236 is a muted mid-tone khaki with a browned golden cast and a subtle olive influence. Its low-key saturation keeps it from reading as bright yellow or obvious green, giving the color an earthy, weathered look on broad walls. In warm daylight, its ochre notes become more noticeable, while cooler light can bring out its restrained green-brown side. Use it in a study, dining room, or entry with cream trim, aged brass, natural oak, and textured linen. This shade also has enough depth for cabinetry or a painted accent wall when paired with soft off-whites and deep charcoal details.
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What are Benjamin Moore Green Tea undertones?
Green Tea is a midtone, muted caramel tan. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
162, 141, 102
Is Benjamin Moore Green Tea cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 39°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
236 Green Tea HSL code: 39, 24%, 52%
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 Green Tea
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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Green Tea:
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
236
Green Tea
Darker shades
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 Green Tea with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.
LRV of Green Tea
Green Tea has an LRV of 27.83% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 27.83%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #A28D66 |
| RGB Decimal | 162, 141, 102 |
| RGB Percent | 63.53%, 55.29%, 40.00% |
| HSV | Hue: 39° Saturation: 37.04% Value: 63.53% |
| HSL | hsl(39, 24, 52) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 12.96 Yellow: 37.04 Key: 36.47 |
| YIQ | Y: 142.833 I: 25.046 Q: -7.695 |
| XYZ | X: 26.824 Y: 27.692 Z: 16.499 |
| CIE Lab | L:59.609 a:2.066 b:23.735 |
| CIE Luv | L:59.609 u:15.79 v:29.859 |
| Decimal | 10653030 |
| Hunter Lab | 52.623, -1.102, 18.247 |
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