Benjamin Moore Levingston Green CW-490
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- Benjamin Moore Levingston Green reviews (1 photo)
- What are Benjamin Moore Levingston Green undertones?
- Is Levingston Green CW-490 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Levingston Green
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Levingston Green CW-490
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Levingston Green CW-490 |
| Code: | CW-490 |
| Name: | Levingston Green |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Levingston Green?
Benjamin Moore Levingston Green CW-490 is a pale, muted green with a noticeable yellow-gray cast that keeps it soft rather than minty. Its light value makes it especially useful for walls in kitchens, breakfast rooms, bedrooms, or hallways where a gentle wash of color is wanted without making the room feel dark. In bright daylight, Levingston Green can read as a lightly weathered green, while lower or warmer artificial light may bring forward its subdued khaki undertone. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven grasses, and aged brass for a grounded, material-rich look. For more contrast, this shade also sits well beside charcoal, deep olive, or muted terracotta accents.
Benjamin Moore Levingston Green reviews
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What are Benjamin Moore Levingston Green undertones?
Levingston Green is a light, muted straw yellow. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:
200, 204, 173
Is Benjamin Moore Levingston Green cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 68°, this Green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
CW-490 Levingston Green HSL code: 68, 23%, 74%
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 Levingston Green
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Levingston Green:
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
CW-490
Levingston Green
Darker shades
CW-490
Levingston Green
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 Levingston Green with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 248, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and French Violet.
LRV of Levingston Green
Levingston Green has an LRV of 57.79% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident 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 57.79%, 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 | #C8CCAD |
| RGB Decimal | 200, 204, 173 |
| RGB Percent | 78.43%, 80.00%, 67.84% |
| HSV | Hue: 68° Saturation: 15.2% Value: 80.0% |
| HSL | hsl(68, 23, 74) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 1.96 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 15.2 Key: 20.0 |
| YIQ | Y: 199.27 I: 7.578 Q: -10.493 |
| XYZ | X: 52.954 Y: 58.483 Z: 48.022 |
| CIE Lab | L:81.006 a:-6.707 b:15.014 |
| CIE Luv | L:81.006 u:-0.702 v:22.77 |
| Decimal | 13159597 |
| Hunter Lab | 76.474, -10.229, 16.3 |
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