Benjamin Moore Windsor Green CW-505
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- Windsor Green for living room (8 photos)
- Benjamin Moore CW-505 on kitchen cabinets (3 photos)
- Windsor Green for exterior (1 photo)
- Benjamin Moore Windsor Green reviews (3 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Windsor Green undertones?
- Is Windsor Green CW-505 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Windsor Green
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Windsor Green CW-505
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Windsor Green CW-505 |
| Code: | CW-505 |
| Name: | Windsor Green |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Windsor Green?
Benjamin Moore Windsor Green CW-505 is a deep, muted green with an earthy olive cast that keeps it from reading overly cool or blue. Its low-light depth gives walls a grounded, enveloping look, while brighter daylight can bring out its softened yellow-green undertone. Use it for library walls, dining rooms, mudroom cabinetry, or a front door when a strong but natural-looking color is wanted. Windsor Green pairs especially well with warm white trim, aged brass, cognac leather, oak, and stone with tan or cream variation.
Windsor Green for living room (8 photos)
Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this green shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore CW-505 on kitchen cabinets (3 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm green hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Windsor Green for exterior
Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm green hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Benjamin Moore Windsor Green reviews (3 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this green 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 Windsor Green undertones?
Windsor Green reads as a deep, muted yellow-green with low brightness and restrained saturation. Relative to a more neutral green, it shows a yellow-olive bias, which keeps it from looking strongly blue-green. Warm artificial light can make its yellow-olive side more noticeable, while cool daylight may make the green aspect appear clearer.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
72, 79, 50
Is Benjamin Moore Windsor Green cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 74°, this dark green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
CW-505 Windsor Green HSL code: 74, 22%, 25%
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 Windsor Green
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 green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Windsor Green:
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-505
Windsor Green
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 Windsor Green with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 254, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Iced Lavender.
LRV of Windsor Green
Windsor Green has an LRV of 8.84% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect 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 8.84%, 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 | #484F32 |
| RGB Decimal | 72, 79, 50 |
| RGB Percent | 28.24%, 30.98%, 19.61% |
| HSV | Hue: 74° Saturation: 36.71% Value: 30.98% |
| HSL | hsl(74, 22, 25) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 8.86 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 36.71 Key: 69.02 |
| YIQ | Y: 73.601 I: 5.148 Q: -10.506 |
| XYZ | X: 6.044 Y: 7.2 Z: 4.088 |
| CIE Lab | L:32.258 a:-8.436 b:16.233 |
| CIE Luv | L:32.258 u:-2.697 v:18.743 |
| Decimal | 4738866 |
| Hunter Lab | 26.833, -6.75, 9.75 |
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