Benjamin Moore Paper Mache AF-25

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What are Benjamin Moore Paper Mache undertones?
Is Paper Mache AF-25 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Paper Mache
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Paper Mache AF-25
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Paper Mache AF-25
Code:	AF-25
Name:	Paper Mache
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Paper Mache?

Benjamin Moore Paper Mache AF-25 is a pale off-white with a soft creamy-yellow cast, rather than a stark or icy white. Its high lightness keeps rooms bright, while the subtle warmth gives walls a gentler, less clinical appearance. In daylight, Paper Mache reads as a quiet ivory; under warm evening bulbs, its creamy side becomes more noticeable. It suits bedrooms, hallways, and living areas where a low-contrast backdrop is wanted, and it can also soften white cabinetry or trim. Pair it with natural oak, woven linen, warm gray stone, or muted clay and olive accents for a grounded palette.

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What are Benjamin Moore Paper Mache undertones?

Paper Mache is a near-white, very muted cream. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:

#F0F0E3

RGB code:

240, 240, 227

Is Benjamin Moore Paper Mache cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 60°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

AF-25 Paper Mache HSL code: 60, 30%, 92%

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 Paper Mache

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Paper Mache:

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

AF-25
Paper Mache

Darker shades

AF-25
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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 Paper Mache with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 240, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Luxe.

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LRV of Paper Mache

Paper Mache has an LRV of 84.57% and refers to White colors that reflect almost all 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 84.57%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#F0F0E3
RGB Decimal	240, 240, 227
RGB Percent	94.12%, 94.12%, 89.02%
HSV	Hue: 60° Saturation: 5.42% Value: 94.12%
HSL	hsl(60, 30, 92)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 5.42 Key: 5.88
YIQ	Y: 238.518 I: 4.177 Q: -4.046
XYZ	X: 80.957 Y: 86.392 Z: 85.063
CIE Lab	L:94.48 a:-2.244 b:6.282
CIE Luv	L:94.48 u:0.715 v:9.927
Decimal	15790307
Hunter Lab	92.947, -7.183, 10.803