Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown 1001
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- Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown reviews (2 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown undertones?
- Is North Creek Brown 1001 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on North Creek Brown
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of North Creek Brown 1001
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | North Creek Brown 1001 |
| Code: | 1001 |
| Name: | North Creek Brown |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown?
Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown 1001 is a muted, medium-dark brown with a softly earthy cast. Its #65594A color value shows a gentle warmth, tempered by enough grayness to keep it from reading orange or overly rustic. In bright daylight, the shade can appear lighter and more subdued, while lower light brings out its deeper brown character. It suits studies, dining rooms, mudrooms, and exterior trim, especially when paired with creamy off-whites, weathered wood, black metal, or warm stone. North Creek Brown also has enough depth for cabinetry or a single accent wall when a room needs definition without the starkness of black.
Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown reviews (2 photos)
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What are Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown undertones?
North Creek Brown is a deep, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. 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:
101, 89, 74
Is Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
1001 North Creek Brown HSL code: 33, 15%, 34%
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 North Creek Brown
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore North Creek Brown:
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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North Creek Brown
Darker shades
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North Creek Brown
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 North Creek Brown with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Benjamin Moore Van Courtland Blue and Nocturnal Gray.
LRV of North Creek Brown
North Creek Brown has an LRV of 10.23% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 10.23%, 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 | #65594A |
| RGB Decimal | 101, 89, 74 |
| RGB Percent | 39.61%, 34.90%, 29.02% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 26.73% Value: 39.61% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 15, 34) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 11.88 Yellow: 26.73 Key: 60.39 |
| YIQ | Y: 90.878 I: 11.971 Q: -2.13 |
| XYZ | X: 10.175 Y: 10.406 Z: 7.949 |
| CIE Lab | L:38.562 a:2.233 b:10.482 |
| CIE Luv | L:38.562 u:8.143 v:12.176 |
| Decimal | 6641994 |
| Hunter Lab | 32.259, -0.149, 7.971 |
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