Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring 1500

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What are Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring undertones?
Is Sweet Spring 1500 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Sweet Spring
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Sweet Spring 1500
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Sweet Spring 1500
Code:	1500
Name:	Sweet Spring
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring?

Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring 1500 is a pale, low-saturation neutral that sits between soft gray and muted beige. Its #D4D3C3 value gives it a gentle warm cast, with a subtle yellowed, putty-like undertone rather than a crisp white appearance. In daylight, Sweet Spring can read as a quiet light gray-beige, while warmer artificial light may bring out more of its creamy, slightly khaki side. It is well suited to main walls in living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a light neutral is wanted without the starkness of pure gray. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, or deeper olive and charcoal accents.

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What are Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring undertones?

Sweet Spring is a light, very muted straw beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#D4D3C3

RGB code:

212, 211, 195

Is Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 56°, this Green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1500 Sweet Spring HSL code: 56, 17%, 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 Sweet Spring

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Sweet Spring:

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 Sweet Spring with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 236, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Luxe.

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LRV of Sweet Spring

Sweet Spring has an LRV of 63.38% 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 63.38%, 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	#D4D3C3
RGB Decimal	212, 211, 195
RGB Percent	83.14%, 82.75%, 76.47%
HSV	Hue: 56° Saturation: 8.02% Value: 83.14%
HSL	hsl(56, 17, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.47 Yellow: 8.02 Key: 16.86
YIQ	Y: 209.475 I: 5.737 Q: -4.768
XYZ	X: 60.294 Y: 64.526 Z: 60.893
CIE Lab	L:84.239 a:-2.447 b:8.047
CIE Luv	L:84.239 u:1.464 v:12.338
Decimal	13947843
Hunter Lab	80.328, -6.593, 11.284