Benjamin Moore Watertown 818
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- Watertown for bedroom (1 photo)
- Watertown for living room (7 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Watertown for bathroom (2 photos)
- Benjamin Moore 818 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Watertown reviews (9 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Watertown undertones?
- Is Watertown 818 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Watertown
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Watertown 818
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Watertown 818 |
| Code: | 818 |
| Name: | Watertown |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Watertown?
Benjamin Moore Watertown 818 is a medium blue with a clear cool cast and enough grayness to keep it from reading overly bright. Its moderate depth gives walls noticeable color without making a room feel heavy, especially when paired with crisp white trim. In bright daylight, Watertown can appear cleaner and slightly more open, while lower light brings out its quieter, dustier side. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and home offices, and also makes a considered choice for painted cabinetry or a front door. Pair it with soft white, pale gray, natural oak, brushed nickel, or warm leather accents to add contrast without competing with the blue.
Watertown for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing blue shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful cool dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Watertown for living room (7 photos)
Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this blue shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore 818 for bathroom (2 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully cool dark blue real bathrooms.
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Benjamin Moore 818 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating cool blue hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Benjamin Moore Watertown reviews (9 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this blue 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 Watertown undertones?
Watertown is a midtone, soft slate blue. The HEX sample leans blue; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
91, 126, 183
Is Benjamin Moore Watertown cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 217° on the HSL hue wheel, this dark blue falls clearly in the cool range.
818 Watertown HSL code: 217, 39%, 54%
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 Watertown
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 dark blue shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Watertown:
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.
Darker shades
818
Watertown
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 Watertown with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 37, such as Benjamin Moore Woodcliff Lake and Silver Fox.
LRV of Watertown
Watertown has an LRV of 22.6% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 22.6%, 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 | #5B7EB7 |
| RGB Decimal | 91, 126, 183 |
| RGB Percent | 35.69%, 49.41%, 71.76% |
| HSV | Hue: 217° Saturation: 50.27% Value: 71.76% |
| HSL | hsl(217, 39, 54) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 50.27 Magenta: 31.15 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 28.24 |
| YIQ | Y: 122.033 I: -39.173 Q: 10.335 |
| XYZ | X: 20.319 Y: 20.563 Z: 47.685 |
| CIE Lab | L:52.468 a:3.847 b:-33.833 |
| CIE Luv | L:52.468 u:-17.448 v:-51.903 |
| Decimal | 5996215 |
| Hunter Lab | 45.347, 0.626, -30.605 |
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