Benjamin Moore Painted Sands 1142
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| Official page: | Painted Sands 1142 |
| Code: | 1142 |
| Name: | Painted Sands |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Painted Sands?
Benjamin Moore Painted Sands 1142 is a light, warm beige with a soft peach-tan cast that keeps it from reading flat or gray. Its high lightness makes it a useful wall color for living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a gentle, sun-warmed neutral is wanted. In bright daylight, Painted Sands can appear creamy and lightly sandy, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its muted blush-beige warmth. Pair it with ivory trim, natural oak, woven fibers, and aged brass for a layered, earthy interior. It also suits cabinetry or a covered exterior detail when paired with deeper brown, terracotta, or olive accents.
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What are Benjamin Moore Painted Sands undertones?
Painted Sands is a light, muted golden beige. 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:
235, 215, 191
Is Benjamin Moore Painted Sands cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 33° on the HSL hue wheel, this Beige sits firmly on the warm side.
1142 Painted Sands HSL code: 33, 52%, 84%
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 Painted Sands
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 Painted Sands:
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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Painted Sands
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 Painted Sands with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Benjamin Moore Amsterdam and French Toile.
LRV of Painted Sands
Painted Sands has an LRV of 69.45% 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 69.45%, 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 | #EBD7BF |
| RGB Decimal | 235, 215, 191 |
| RGB Percent | 92.16%, 84.31%, 74.90% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 18.72% Value: 92.16% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 52, 84) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.51 Yellow: 18.72 Key: 7.84 |
| YIQ | Y: 218.244 I: 19.63 Q: -3.238 |
| XYZ | X: 67.964 Y: 70.026 Z: 59.212 |
| CIE Lab | L:87.01 a:3.106 b:14.355 |
| CIE Luv | L:87.01 u:13.492 v:20.314 |
| Decimal | 15456191 |
| Hunter Lab | 83.682, -1.469, 16.624 |
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