Benjamin Moore Willow Creek 1468

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What are Benjamin Moore Willow Creek undertones?
Is Willow Creek 1468 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Willow Creek
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Willow Creek 1468
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Willow Creek 1468
Code:	1468
Name:	Willow Creek
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Willow Creek?

Benjamin Moore Willow Creek 1468 is a muted, medium-light gray with a gentle beige cast that keeps it from reading cold or blue. Its low saturation gives walls a softened, weathered look rather than a sharp, clean-gray finish. In daylight, Willow Creek can appear like a quiet greige, while incandescent or warm LED lighting brings out more of its subtle tan warmth. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and cabinetry where a grounded neutral is wanted without using a deep color. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, natural oak, aged brass, and stone or linen textures.

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What are Benjamin Moore Willow Creek undertones?

Willow Creek is a mid-light, near-neutral medium gray. 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:

#A29D96

RGB code:

162, 157, 150

Is Benjamin Moore Willow Creek cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 35°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1468 Willow Creek HSL code: 35, 6%, 61%

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 Willow Creek

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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Morning

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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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Willow Creek:

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 Willow Creek with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 215, such as Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce and Normandy.

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LRV of Willow Creek

Willow Creek has an LRV of 34.48% 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 34.48%, 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	#A29D96
RGB Decimal	162, 157, 150
RGB Percent	63.53%, 61.57%, 58.82%
HSV	Hue: 35° Saturation: 7.41% Value: 63.53%
HSL	hsl(35, 6, 61)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.09 Yellow: 7.41 Key: 36.47
YIQ	Y: 157.697 I: 5.229 Q: -1.121
XYZ	X: 32.461 Y: 33.998 Z: 33.698
CIE Lab	L:64.961 a:0.53 b:4.304
CIE Luv	L:64.961 u:3.321 v:6.03
Decimal	10657174
Hunter Lab	58.307, -2.663, 6.549