Benjamin Moore Silver Dollar 1460

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What are Benjamin Moore Silver Dollar undertones?
Is Silver Dollar 1460 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Silver Dollar
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Silver Dollar 1460
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Silver Dollar 1460
Code:	1460
Name:	Silver Dollar
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Silver Dollar?

Benjamin Moore Silver Dollar 1460 is a light, softly muted gray with a faint warm cast that keeps it from reading icy or blue. Its low saturation gives walls a calm, brushed-metal appearance, while the pale value helps smaller rooms feel open without looking stark. In bright daylight, Silver Dollar can appear close to a clean neutral gray; under warmer lamps, its gentle beige-gray undertone becomes more noticeable. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, hallways, and home offices where a quiet neutral backdrop is wanted. Pair it with crisp white trim, charcoal accents, natural oak, linen upholstery, or matte black hardware for contrast.

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What are Benjamin Moore Silver Dollar undertones?

Silver Dollar is a mid-light, near-neutral medium gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#B3B1B0

RGB code:

179, 177, 176

Is Benjamin Moore Silver Dollar cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 20°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1460 Silver Dollar HSL code: 20, 2%, 70%

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 Dollar

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 Dollar:

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.

Darker shades

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Silver Dollar

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 Dollar with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 200, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.

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LRV of Silver Dollar

Silver Dollar has an LRV of 44.26% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 44.26%, 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	#B3B1B0
RGB Decimal	179, 177, 176
RGB Percent	70.20%, 69.41%, 69.02%
HSV	Hue: 20° Saturation: 1.68% Value: 70.2%
HSL	hsl(20, 2, 70)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.12 Yellow: 1.68 Key: 29.8
YIQ	Y: 177.484 I: 1.513 Q: 0.112
XYZ	X: 42.147 Y: 44.163 Z: 47.366
CIE Lab	L:72.337 a:0.519 b:0.763
CIE Luv	L:72.337 u:1.2 v:1.033
Decimal	11776432
Hunter Lab	66.455, -3.088, 4.259