Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden 1531

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What are Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden undertones?
Is Victorian Garden 1531 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Victorian Garden
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Victorian Garden 1531
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Victorian Garden 1531
Code:	1531
Name:	Victorian Garden
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden?

Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden 1531 is a muted khaki-beige with a soft olive cast and a gently warm, weathered look. Its low saturation keeps it from reading strongly green, so it can function almost like a grounded neutral on larger walls. In daylight, the gray-green undertone is more apparent, while warmer evening lighting can draw out its beige and subtle golden notes. Victorian Garden suits living rooms, studies, mudrooms, and bedrooms where crisp white would feel too stark. Pair it with creamy off-whites, aged brass, natural oak, linen upholstery, and deep charcoal or olive accents.

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What are Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden undertones?

Victorian Garden is a mid-light, muted khaki beige. The HEX sample leans yellow; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. 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:

#A8A189

RGB code:

168, 161, 137

Is Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 46°, this Beige leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1531 Victorian Garden HSL code: 46, 15%, 60%

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 Victorian Garden

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Victorian Garden:

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 Victorian Garden with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.

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LRV of Victorian Garden

Victorian Garden has an LRV of 35.15% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 35.15%, 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	#A8A189
RGB Decimal	168, 161, 137
RGB Percent	65.88%, 63.14%, 53.73%
HSV	Hue: 46° Saturation: 18.45% Value: 65.88%
HSL	hsl(46, 15, 60)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.17 Yellow: 18.45 Key: 34.12
YIQ	Y: 160.357 I: 11.884 Q: -5.988
XYZ	X: 33.408 Y: 35.621 Z: 28.776
CIE Lab	L:66.23 a:-1.573 b:13.428
CIE Luv	L:66.23 u:5.574 v:18.79
Decimal	11051401
Hunter Lab	59.684, -4.53, 13.192