Benjamin Moore Silhouette AF-655
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- Silhouette for living room (2 photos)
- Silhouette for exterior (2 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Silhouette reviews (9 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Silhouette undertones?
- Is Silhouette AF-655 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Silhouette
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Silhouette AF-655
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Silhouette AF-655 |
| Code: | AF-655 |
| Name: | Silhouette |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Silhouette?
Benjamin Moore Silhouette AF-655 is a deep, muted charcoal with a noticeable brown-gray cast that keeps it from reading as a flat black. Its low-light value gives walls a grounded, enveloping look, while the softened warmth in the color can become more apparent under incandescent or late-day light. In cooler daylight, Silhouette tends to appear more graphite-like, making it a strong option for a study, dining room, powder room, or dramatic bedroom wall. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, aged brass, and textured linen for contrast, or use it on cabinetry alongside pale stone counters.
Silhouette for living room (2 photos)
Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Silhouette for exterior (2 photos)
Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Benjamin Moore Silhouette reviews (9 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige 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 Silhouette undertones?
Silhouette AF-655 reads as a deep, low-saturation charcoal-brown neutral with a soft, muted character rather than a clearly colorful one. In the supplied digital sample, the color leans very slightly warm, but the hue direction is subtle enough that a definite undertone is hard to establish from the HEX value alone. Benjamin Moore describes it as combining rich espresso hues with notes of charcoal, which fits its visible balance of dark brown warmth and gray-black restraint. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its brown-espresso side, while cool daylight can make its charcoal quality appear more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
87, 80, 76
Is Benjamin Moore Silhouette cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 22°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
AF-655 Silhouette HSL code: 22, 7%, 32%
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 Silhouette
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Silhouette:
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-655
Silhouette
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 Silhouette with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 202, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.
LRV of Silhouette
Silhouette has an LRV of 10.18% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 10.18%, 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 | #57504C |
| RGB Decimal | 87, 80, 76 |
| RGB Percent | 34.12%, 31.37%, 29.80% |
| HSV | Hue: 22° Saturation: 12.64% Value: 34.12% |
| HSL | hsl(22, 7, 32) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.05 Yellow: 12.64 Key: 65.88 |
| YIQ | Y: 81.637 I: 5.457 Q: 0.236 |
| XYZ | X: 8.103 Y: 8.285 Z: 8.008 |
| CIE Lab | L:34.571 a:2.087 b:3.396 |
| CIE Luv | L:34.571 u:4.223 v:3.785 |
| Decimal | 5722188 |
| Hunter Lab | 28.785, -0.122, 3.655 |
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