Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke 1584

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Pale Smoke for bedroom (1 photo)
Pale Smoke for living room (3 photos)
Benjamin Moore 1584 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)
Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke reviews (4 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke undertones?
Is Pale Smoke 1584 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Pale Smoke
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Pale Smoke 1584
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Pale Smoke 1584
Code:	1584
Name:	Pale Smoke
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke?

Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke 1584 is a light, muted blue-green gray with a softly cool cast. Its low saturation keeps the color quiet and airy rather than overtly blue or minty, while the gray base gives it enough substance for full walls. In daylight, Pale Smoke can read as a gentle silvery green-blue; under warmer artificial light, its grayness becomes more apparent. It suits bathrooms, bedrooms, and airy living spaces, especially alongside white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and natural linen. Use this shade on walls or painted cabinetry when a subtle cool contrast is wanted without the sharpness of a stronger blue.

Pale Smoke for bedroom

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing blue shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful cool light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Pale Smoke for living room (3 photos)

Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this blue shade can create a unique space

Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke living room review

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke living room paint

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Benjamin Moore 1584 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)

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

Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke kitchen cabinets photo

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke kitchen cabinets color

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke kitchen cabinets paint review

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke kitchen cabinets paint

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke kitchen cabinets review

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke reviews (4 photos)

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

Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke bathroom paint

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Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke wall paint review

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What are Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke undertones?

Pale Smoke is a light, low-saturation near-neutral that reads mainly as a soft gray with a faint cool teal cast in the supplied digital sample. Because that color bias is very subtle, the sample does not support a confident standalone undertone call. Benjamin Moore describes it as “blue meets gray,” which aligns with its visible gray-blue character rather than a strongly colored appearance. Warm artificial light may make it look a little softer or less cool, while cool daylight can make its blue-gray cast easier to notice.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#C9D3D0

RGB code:

201, 211, 208

Is Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 162°, this Blue leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

1584 Pale Smoke HSL code: 162, 10%, 81%

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 Pale Smoke

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 Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke:

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 Pale Smoke with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 342, such as Benjamin Moore Raindrops on Roses and Aplomb.

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LRV of Pale Smoke

Pale Smoke has an LRV of 63.6% 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 63.6%, 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	#C9D3D0
RGB Decimal	201, 211, 208
RGB Percent	78.82%, 82.75%, 81.57%
HSV	Hue: 162° Saturation: 4.74% Value: 82.75%
HSL	hsl(162, 10, 81)
CMYK	Cyan: 4.74 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 1.42 Key: 17.25
YIQ	Y: 207.668 I: -4.995 Q: -3.049
XYZ	X: 58.764 Y: 63.56 Z: 68.83
CIE Lab	L:83.736 a:-3.945 b:0.312
CIE Luv	L:83.736 u:-5.397 v:1.161
Decimal	13226960
Hunter Lab	79.724, -7.948, 4.619