Benjamin Moore Polar Lights 400
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- Polar Lights for bedroom (1 photo)
- Polar Lights for living room (7 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Polar Lights for bathroom (2 photos)
- Benjamin Moore 400 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Polar Lights reviews (9 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Polar Lights undertones?
- Is Polar Lights 400 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Polar Lights
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Polar Lights 400
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Polar Lights 400 |
| Code: | 400 |
| Name: | Polar Lights |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Polar Lights?
Benjamin Moore Polar Lights 400 is a pale, lightly muted yellow-green with a soft, sunlit cast. Its high lightness keeps it airy on walls, while the green undertone prevents it from reading like a straightforward cream or butter yellow. In bright daylight, Polar Lights can look fresh and gently leafy; warmer artificial light may bring its yellow side forward. It suits kitchens, breakfast rooms, and bedrooms where a quiet wash of color is wanted without strong saturation. Pair it with warm white trim, light oak, woven natural fibers, or deeper olive and moss-green accents for more contrast.
Polar Lights for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing green shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Polar Lights for living room (7 photos)
Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this green shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore 400 for bathroom (2 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm light green real bathrooms.
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Benjamin Moore 400 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm green hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Benjamin Moore Polar Lights reviews (9 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this green that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Benjamin Moore Polar Lights undertones?
Polar Lights is a near-white, muted pale lime. The HEX sample leans yellow-green; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm light can make it look more olive and earthy, while cool daylight usually makes the green direction easier to notice.
HEX value:
RGB code:
232, 240, 195
Is Benjamin Moore Polar Lights cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 71°, this Green reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
400 Polar Lights HSL code: 71, 60%, 85%
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 Polar Lights
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Polar Lights:
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
400
Polar Lights
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 Polar Lights with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 251, such as Benjamin Moore Enchanted and Majestic Violet.
LRV of Polar Lights
Polar Lights has an LRV of 79.2% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 79.2%, 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 | #E8F0C3 |
| RGB Decimal | 232, 240, 195 |
| RGB Percent | 90.98%, 94.12%, 76.47% |
| HSV | Hue: 71° Saturation: 18.75% Value: 94.12% |
| HSL | hsl(71, 60, 85) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 3.33 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 18.75 Key: 5.88 |
| YIQ | Y: 232.478 I: 9.693 Q: -15.696 |
| XYZ | X: 74.287 Y: 83.417 Z: 63.802 |
| CIE Lab | L:93.197 a:-10.105 b:20.908 |
| CIE Luv | L:93.197 u:-2.366 v:32.195 |
| Decimal | 15265987 |
| Hunter Lab | 91.333, -14.645, 22.515 |
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