Benjamin Moore Toucan Black 2118-20

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Toucan Black for living room (3 photos)
Benjamin Moore Toucan Black for bathroom (3 photos)
Toucan Black for exterior (5 photos)
Benjamin Moore Toucan Black reviews (4 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Toucan Black undertones?
Is Toucan Black 2118-20 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Toucan Black
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Toucan Black 2118-20
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Toucan Black 2118-20
Code:	2118-20
Name:	Toucan Black
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Toucan Black?

Benjamin Moore Toucan Black 2118-20 is a near-black charcoal with a subtle cool, violet-gray cast visible at closer range. Its depth gives walls a strong architectural presence, while the slight color variation keeps it from reading as flat, absolute black. In bright daylight, Toucan Black can reveal more of its softened charcoal character; under warm evening lighting, it appears deeper and more enveloping. Use it on a study, dining room, powder room, or built-in cabinetry where dark surfaces can be balanced with pale oak, brushed brass, warm white trim, or light gray stone. For a less dramatic application, it makes a crisp accent on interior doors, window frames, or a fireplace surround.

Toucan Black for living room (3 photos)

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

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Benjamin Moore Toucan Black living room fireplace paint

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Benjamin Moore Toucan Black living room paint

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Benjamin Moore 2118-20 for bathroom (3 photos)

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully cool dark grey real bathrooms.

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Toucan Black for exterior (5 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 cool grey hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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Benjamin Moore Toucan Black reviews (4 photos)

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.

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What are Benjamin Moore Toucan Black undertones?

Toucan Black is a deep, near-neutral near-black. 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:

#3C3B40

RGB code:

60, 59, 64

Is Benjamin Moore Toucan Black cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 252°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

2118-20 Toucan Black HSL code: 252, 4%, 24%

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 Toucan Black

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 black shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Toucan Black:

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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Toucan Black

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 Toucan Black with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 72, such as Benjamin Moore Army Green and Horizon Gray.

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Toucan Black

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LRV of Toucan Black

Toucan Black has an LRV of 6.1% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect 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 6.1%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#3C3B40
RGB Decimal	60, 59, 64
RGB Percent	23.53%, 23.14%, 25.10%
HSV	Hue: 252° Saturation: 7.81% Value: 25.1%
HSL	hsl(252, 4, 24)
CMYK	Cyan: 6.25 Magenta: 7.81 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 74.9
YIQ	Y: 59.869 I: -1.011 Q: 1.768
XYZ	X: 4.353 Y: 4.459 Z: 5.48
CIE Lab	L:25.133 a:1.586 b:-2.924
CIE Luv	L:25.133 u:0.242 v:-3.476
Decimal	3947328
Hunter Lab	21.116, -0.158, -0.607