Benjamin Moore Winterwood 1486

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Benjamin Moore 1486 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)
Winterwood for exterior (3 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Winterwood undertones?
Is Winterwood 1486 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Winterwood
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Winterwood 1486
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Winterwood 1486
Code:	1486
Name:	Winterwood
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Winterwood?

Benjamin Moore Winterwood 1486 is a light, muted gray-beige with a soft yellowed undertone visible beneath its low-saturation surface. Its pale value keeps it from reading heavy, while the slightly earthy cast gives it more warmth than a straightforward cool gray. In bright daylight, Winterwood can appear like a gentle off-white with a weathered gray veil; lower or warmer light brings out its beige-olive influence. It is well suited to living room, bedroom, or hallway walls alongside natural oak, aged brass, linen, and stone finishes. Pair it with creamy whites and deeper charcoal, olive, or brown accents for contrast that respects its quiet, grounded character.

Benjamin Moore 1486 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm grey hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

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Winterwood for exterior (3 photos)

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 grey hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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What are Benjamin Moore Winterwood undertones?

Winterwood reads as a mid-light, very muted neutral with a soft gray-beige cast and only a faint yellow-leaning bias in the supplied digital sample. Benjamin Moore describes it as balancing between gray, green, and neutral, which fits its overall restrained neutral character while suggesting that a subtle green influence may appear in some settings. Its low saturation keeps the color quiet and understated rather than distinctly green or beige. Warm artificial light may bring out a slightly warmer, more yellowed neutral impression, while cool daylight can make its gray and possible green-leaning qualities easier to notice.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#C1BFB1

RGB code:

193, 191, 177

Is Benjamin Moore Winterwood cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 53°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1486 Winterwood HSL code: 53, 11%, 73%

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 Winterwood

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Winterwood:

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 Winterwood with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 233, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Evening Dove.

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LRV of Winterwood

Winterwood has an LRV of 50.95% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident 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 50.95%, 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	#C1BFB1
RGB Decimal	193, 191, 177
RGB Percent	75.69%, 74.90%, 69.41%
HSV	Hue: 53° Saturation: 8.29% Value: 75.69%
HSL	hsl(53, 11, 73)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.04 Yellow: 8.29 Key: 24.31
YIQ	Y: 190.002 I: 5.691 Q: -3.934
XYZ	X: 48.557 Y: 51.774 Z: 49.018
CIE Lab	L:77.145 a:-1.781 b:7.312
CIE Luv	L:77.145 u:1.945 v:10.974
Decimal	12697521
Hunter Lab	71.954, -5.461, 9.977