Benjamin Moore Soft Fern 2144-40
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- Benjamin Moore 2144-40 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Soft Fern reviews (2 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Soft Fern undertones?
- Is Soft Fern 2144-40 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Soft Fern
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Soft Fern 2144-40
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Soft Fern 2144-40 |
| Code: | 2144-40 |
| Name: | Soft Fern |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Soft Fern?
Benjamin Moore Soft Fern 2144-40 is a light, muted yellow-green with a softly grayed cast that keeps it from reading overly bright. Its pale value gives walls a gentle wash of color, while the olive-beige undertone adds more warmth than a crisp mint or blue-green would. In daylight, Soft Fern can look airy and botanical; under warmer lamps, its yellowed undertones become more noticeable. It suits kitchens, bedrooms, and mudrooms, especially alongside creamy whites, natural oak, linen textiles, and aged brass. Use this shade on full walls for a quiet color foundation or on cabinetry where a subdued green is wanted without strong saturation.
Benjamin Moore 2144-40 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 Soft Fern reviews (2 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 Soft Fern undertones?
Soft Fern reads as a light, muted yellow-green with low saturation and a noticeable gray cast. The visible color leans gently toward yellow, while its green character keeps it from reading like a beige or cream. Benjamin Moore describes it as “a pleasing pale green misted with gray tones,” which fits its soft green main family and subdued appearance. Warm artificial light may bring forward its yellow-green side, while cool daylight can make the gray-green aspect more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
200, 202, 178
Is Benjamin Moore Soft Fern cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 65°, this Green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
2144-40 Soft Fern HSL code: 65, 18%, 75%
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 Soft Fern
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Soft Fern:
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
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 Soft Fern with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 245, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Violet Sparkle.
LRV of Soft Fern
Soft Fern has an LRV of 56.67% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident 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 56.67%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #C8CAB2 |
| RGB Decimal | 200, 202, 178 |
| RGB Percent | 78.43%, 79.22%, 69.80% |
| HSV | Hue: 65° Saturation: 11.88% Value: 79.22% |
| HSL | hsl(65, 18, 75) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.99 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 11.88 Key: 20.78 |
| YIQ | Y: 198.666 I: 6.52 Q: -7.892 |
| XYZ | X: 52.974 Y: 57.735 Z: 50.461 |
| CIE Lab | L:80.591 a:-4.865 b:11.764 |
| CIE Luv | L:80.591 u:0.13 v:17.928 |
| Decimal | 13159090 |
| Hunter Lab | 75.984, -8.525, 13.814 |
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