Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods 1012

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What are Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods undertones?
Is Whispering Woods 1012 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Whispering Woods
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Whispering Woods 1012
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Whispering Woods 1012
Code:	1012
Name:	Whispering Woods
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods?

Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods 1012 is a muted medium beige with a noticeable rosy-brown cast that keeps it from reading flat or yellow. Its grounded warmth suits living rooms, bedrooms, and entryways where a deeper neutral is wanted without moving fully into brown. In bright daylight, Whispering Woods can appear softly dusty and beige, while lower or warmer artificial light brings forward its clay-like pink and tan notes. Pair it with creamy off-whites, weathered oak, linen upholstery, and dark bronze hardware for a layered, natural-looking scheme. It is especially well suited to full walls or cabinetry, where its mid-tone depth can give a room more definition than a pale neutral.

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What are Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods undertones?

Whispering Woods is a mid-light, muted caramel orange. The HEX sample leans orange; 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:

#B49C8D

RGB code:

180, 156, 141

Is Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 23°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

1012 Whispering Woods HSL code: 23, 21%, 63%

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 Whispering Woods

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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Whispering Woods:

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 Whispering Woods with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 203, such as Benjamin Moore Blue Lace and Nimbus Gray.

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LRV of Whispering Woods

Whispering Woods has an LRV of 35.67% 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 35.67%, 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	#B49C8D
RGB Decimal	180, 156, 141
RGB Percent	70.59%, 61.18%, 55.29%
HSV	Hue: 23° Saturation: 21.67% Value: 70.59%
HSL	hsl(23, 21, 63)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 13.33 Yellow: 21.67 Key: 29.41
YIQ	Y: 161.466 I: 19.122 Q: 0.409
XYZ	X: 35.518 Y: 35.404 Z: 30.155
CIE Lab	L:66.062 a:6.426 b:11.121
CIE Luv	L:66.062 u:15.793 v:14.273
Decimal	11836557
Hunter Lab	59.502, 2.424, 11.604