Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue 1520

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Benjamin Moore 1520 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)
Hushed Hue for exterior (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue reviews (4 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue undertones?
Is Hushed Hue 1520 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Hushed Hue
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Hushed Hue 1520
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Hushed Hue 1520
Code:	1520
Name:	Hushed Hue
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue?

Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue 1520 is a light, muted beige with a soft gray cast and a gentle hint of warmth. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly creamy, giving walls a quiet, lightly weathered neutral appearance. In bright daylight, it can look like a pale oat or linen shade, while warmer evening lighting draws out its subtle beige undertone. Hushed Hue suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a lighter neutral is needed without the starkness of white. Pair it with off-white trim, natural oak, woven fibers, matte black hardware, or deeper charcoal and olive accents for contrast.

Benjamin Moore 1520 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)

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

Hushed Hue kitchen cabinets color review

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Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue kitchen cabinets

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Hushed Hue for exterior

Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue reviews (4 photos)

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

Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue kitchen review

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What are Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue undertones?

Hushed Hue is a light, very muted neutral with a soft yellow-beige cast rather than a strong gray or cream look. The supplied digital sample reads nearly neutral overall, with only a subtle warm yellow bias, so its undertone is understated and can shift with surrounding colors. Benjamin Moore describes it as having “a whisper of green,” which may show as a slight balancing influence within its pale neutral family rather than making the color visibly green. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its beige warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear cleaner and a little more neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E2DECF

RGB code:

226, 222, 207

Is Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 47°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

1520 Hushed Hue HSL code: 47, 25%, 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 Hushed Hue

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue:

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 Hushed Hue with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 227, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.

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LRV of Hushed Hue

Hushed Hue has an LRV of 70.9% 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 70.9%, 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	#E2DECF
RGB Decimal	226, 222, 207
RGB Percent	88.63%, 87.06%, 81.18%
HSV	Hue: 47° Saturation: 8.41% Value: 88.63%
HSL	hsl(47, 25, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.77 Yellow: 8.41 Key: 11.37
YIQ	Y: 221.486 I: 7.204 Q: -3.822
XYZ	X: 68.746 Y: 72.917 Z: 69.467
CIE Lab	L:88.408 a:-1.215 b:7.839
CIE Luv	L:88.408 u:3.155 v:11.912
Decimal	14868175
Hunter Lab	85.391, -5.731, 11.54