Benjamin Moore Walnut CW-240
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| Official page: | Walnut CW-240 |
| Code: | CW-240 |
| Name: | Walnut |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Walnut?
Benjamin Moore Walnut CW-240 is a medium, muted brown with a noticeable rosy-red cast that keeps it from reading flat or overly dark. Its warm, earthy character can look more clay-like in bright natural light, while lower light brings out a deeper cocoa-brown presence. Walnut has enough color for an accent wall, dining room, study, or powder room, and it can also give cabinetry a grounded, furniture-like finish. Pair it with creamy off-whites, warm putty neutrals, aged brass, natural oak, and leather for a layered look. Cooler gray finishes may make its red undertone appear more pronounced, so warmer surrounding materials tend to feel more cohesive.
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What are Benjamin Moore Walnut undertones?
Walnut is a midtone, muted earthy red. The HEX sample leans red; 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:
RGB code:
144, 101, 88
Is Benjamin Moore Walnut cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 14°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
CW-240 Walnut HSL code: 14, 24%, 45%
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 Walnut
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Walnut:
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
CW-240
Walnut
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 Walnut with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 194, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.
LRV of Walnut
Walnut has an LRV of 17.55% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 17.55%, 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 | #906558 |
| RGB Decimal | 144, 101, 88 |
| RGB Percent | 56.47%, 39.61%, 34.51% |
| HSV | Hue: 14° Saturation: 38.89% Value: 56.47% |
| HSL | hsl(14, 24, 45) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 29.86 Yellow: 38.89 Key: 43.53 |
| YIQ | Y: 112.375 I: 29.801 Q: 5.05 |
| XYZ | X: 17.917 Y: 15.942 Z: 11.363 |
| CIE Lab | L:46.899 a:15.575 b:14.284 |
| CIE Luv | L:46.899 u:29.462 v:14.928 |
| Decimal | 9463128 |
| Hunter Lab | 39.928, 10.226, 11.076 |
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