Valspar US Milky Way 8004-37B

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What are Valspar US Milky Way undertones?
Is Milky Way 8004-37B cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Milky Way
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Milky Way 8004-37B
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	8004-37B
Name:	Milky Way
Brand:	Valspar US

What color is Valspar US Milky Way?

Let's dive into a full Milky Way paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful 8004-37B. Find out if this gorgeous cold 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 Valspar US Milky Way undertones?

Milky Way is a light, very muted pale blue-green. The HEX sample has a subtle teal bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear teal. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.

HEX value:

#BFCBCD

RGB code:

191, 203, 205

Is Valspar US Milky Way cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 189°, this Grey reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

8004-37B Milky Way HSL code: 189, 12%, 78%

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 Milky Way

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar US Milky Way:

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

8004-37B
Milky Way

Darker shades

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Milky Way

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 Milky Way with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 9, such as Valspar US Foggy Mauve and Cocoa Berry.

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Milky Way

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LRV of Milky Way

Milky Way has an LRV of 58% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 58%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#bfcbcd
RGB Decimal	191, 203, 205
RGB Percent	74.90%, 79.61%, 80.39%
HSV	Hue: 189° Saturation: 6.83% Value: 80.39%
HSL	hsl(189, 12, 78)
CMYK	Cyan: 6.83 Magenta: 0.98 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 19.61
YIQ	Y: 199.64 I: -7.793 Q: -1.916
XYZ	X: 53.858 Y: 58.195 Z: 66.136
CIE Lab	L:80.847 a:-3.693 b:-2.4
CIE Luv	L:80.847 u:-6.704 v:-3.001
Decimal	12569549
Hunter Lab	76.286, -7.479, 1.998