Benjamin Moore Portland Gray 2109-60

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Benjamin Moore Portland Gray reviews (4 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Portland Gray undertones?
Is Portland Gray 2109-60 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Portland Gray
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Portland Gray 2109-60
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Portland Gray 2109-60
Code:	2109-60
Name:	Portland Gray
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Portland Gray?

Benjamin Moore Portland Gray 2109-60 is a pale, softened gray with a noticeable warm cast that keeps it from reading icy or blue. Its #D3CCC7 value suggests subtle beige and faint rosy-taupe undertones, giving the color a lightly weathered, plaster-like appearance. In bright daylight, Portland Gray can look like a gentle off-gray, while warmer evening light may bring out more of its blush-beige side. It is well suited to living room, bedroom, or hallway walls where a low-contrast neutral is wanted without the starkness of pure white. Pair it with creamy whites, natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and deeper charcoal or brown accents for definition.

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What are Benjamin Moore Portland Gray undertones?

Portland Gray is a light, low-saturation near-neutral gray with a soft beige-gray cast in the supplied digital sample. The sample’s slight warm direction is subtle enough that it does not support a confident independent undertone call. Benjamin Moore describes Portland Gray as a “lavender-tinged gray,” which would read as a cool violet bias within its overall pale gray family rather than changing its main neutral character. Warm artificial light may make its subtle warmth more noticeable, while cool daylight can make the gray look cleaner and may better reveal any lavender cast.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#D3CCC7

RGB code:

211, 204, 199

Is Benjamin Moore Portland Gray cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 25°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

2109-60 Portland Gray HSL code: 25, 12%, 80%

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 Portland Gray

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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Portland Gray:

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 Portland Gray with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 205, such as Benjamin Moore Blue Lace and Nimbus Gray.

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LRV of Portland Gray

Portland Gray has an LRV of 60.21% 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 60.21%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#D3CCC7
RGB Decimal	211, 204, 199
RGB Percent	82.75%, 80.00%, 78.04%
HSV	Hue: 25° Saturation: 5.69% Value: 82.75%
HSL	hsl(25, 12, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.32 Yellow: 5.69 Key: 17.25
YIQ	Y: 205.523 I: 5.778 Q: -0.075
XYZ	X: 58.763 Y: 61.159 Z: 62.726
CIE Lab	L:82.464 a:1.538 b:3.35
CIE Luv	L:82.464 u:4.332 v:4.726
Decimal	13880519
Hunter Lab	78.204, -2.73, 7.187