Benjamin Moore Museum Piece CSP-40
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| Official page: | Museum Piece CSP-40 |
| Code: | CSP-40 |
| Name: | Museum Piece |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Museum Piece?
Benjamin Moore Museum Piece CSP-40 is a light, muted greige with a soft beige cast and a noticeable gray foundation. Its low-saturation color keeps it from reading overtly tan, while the slightly warm balance prevents it from feeling stark or icy. In bright daylight, Museum Piece can appear like a pale weathered stone; under warm lamps, its beige notes become more apparent. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is needed without the flatness of a basic gray. Pair it with creamy off-whites, aged brass, natural oak, linen upholstery, and charcoal accents for grounded contrast.
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What are Benjamin Moore Museum Piece undertones?
Museum Piece is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:
176, 172, 163
Is Benjamin Moore Museum Piece cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 42°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
CSP-40 Museum Piece HSL code: 42, 8%, 66%
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 Museum Piece
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Museum Piece:
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
CSP-40
Museum Piece
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 Museum Piece with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 222, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.
LRV of Museum Piece
Museum Piece has an LRV of 41.47% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 41.47%, 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 | #B0ACA3 |
| RGB Decimal | 176, 172, 163 |
| RGB Percent | 69.02%, 67.45%, 63.92% |
| HSV | Hue: 42° Saturation: 7.39% Value: 69.02% |
| HSL | hsl(42, 8, 66) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.27 Yellow: 7.39 Key: 30.98 |
| YIQ | Y: 172.17 I: 5.276 Q: -1.955 |
| XYZ | X: 39.267 Y: 41.38 Z: 40.559 |
| CIE Lab | L:70.441 a:-0.201 b:5.133 |
| CIE Luv | L:70.441 u:2.843 v:7.437 |
| Decimal | 11578531 |
| Hunter Lab | 64.327, -3.613, 7.646 |
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