Benjamin Moore Silver Chain 1472

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Silver Chain for bedroom (1 photo)
Silver Chain for living room (5 photos)
Benjamin Moore Silver Chain reviews (1 photo)
What are Benjamin Moore Silver Chain undertones?
Is Silver Chain 1472 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Silver Chain
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Silver Chain 1472
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Silver Chain 1472
Code:	1472
Name:	Silver Chain
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Silver Chain?

Benjamin Moore Silver Chain 1472 is a light, low-saturation gray with a faint warm cast that keeps it from reading stark or icy. Its nearly equal red and green values give it a soft neutral appearance, while the slightly lower blue component can bring a subtle beige-gray impression in warmer light. On walls, Silver Chain creates a quiet backdrop for natural oak, pale stone, linen upholstery, and brushed nickel finishes. It is especially well suited to bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a gentle gray is wanted without strong blue or charcoal undertones. Pair it with creamy off-whites for a softer contrast or deep graphite and black accents for more definition.

Silver Chain for bedroom

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

Benjamin Moore Silver Chain bedroom color

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Silver Chain for living room (5 photos)

Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this grey shade can create a unique space

Benjamin Moore Silver Chain living room color

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Benjamin Moore Silver Chain living room paint

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Benjamin Moore Silver Chain living room interior

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Benjamin Moore Silver Chain reviews

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

Benjamin Moore Silver Chain dining room interior

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What are Benjamin Moore Silver Chain undertones?

Silver Chain is a light, low-saturation gray that reads close to neutral in the supplied digital sample. Any visible color bias is very subtle, with a slight yellow direction in the sample rather than a strong, clearly defined undertone. Benjamin Moore describes it as having cool gray undertones, which fits its overall gray character and may make it read a little crisper than a warmer gray in context. Warm artificial light can make its faint yellow cast more noticeable, while cool daylight may emphasize its cleaner gray appearance.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#C7C7C2

RGB code:

199, 199, 194

Is Benjamin Moore Silver Chain cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 60°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1472 Silver Chain HSL code: 60, 4%, 77%

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 Silver Chain

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 Silver Chain:

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 Silver Chain 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 Silver Chain

Silver Chain has an LRV of 56.79% 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 56.79%, 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	#C7C7C2
RGB Decimal	199, 199, 194
RGB Percent	78.04%, 78.04%, 76.08%
HSV	Hue: 60° Saturation: 2.51% Value: 78.04%
HSL	hsl(60, 4, 77)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 2.51 Key: 21.96
YIQ	Y: 198.43 I: 1.607 Q: -1.556
XYZ	X: 53.712 Y: 56.884 Z: 59.174
CIE Lab	L:80.114 a:-0.908 b:2.501
CIE Luv	L:80.114 u:0.28 v:3.887
Decimal	13092802
Hunter Lab	75.422, -4.868, 6.277