Jotun Soft Chorcoal 12296

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What are Jotun Soft Chorcoal undertones?
Is Soft Chorcoal 12296 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Soft Chorcoal
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Soft Chorcoal 12296
Code:	12296
Name:	Soft Chorcoal
Brand:	Jotun

What color is Jotun Soft Chorcoal?

Let's dive into a full Soft Chorcoal paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful 12296. Find out if this gorgeous warm grey paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.

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What are Jotun Soft Chorcoal undertones?

Soft Chorcoal is a midtone, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:

#67635C

RGB code:

103, 99, 92

Is Jotun Soft Chorcoal cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 38°, this black leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

12296 Soft Chorcoal HSL code: 38, 6%, 38%

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 Soft Chorcoal

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 black shade looks under different lighting:

2000K

3000K

4000K

5000K

6000K

7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Jotun Soft Chorcoal:

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 Soft Chorcoal with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 218, such as Jotun Sophisticated Blue and Støvblå.

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