Nature's Essentials

Benjamin Moore

Color Code:1521
Hex Code:#DAD5C6
RGB:218, 213, 198
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):approx. 66.6
Category:neutral
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Nature's Essentials in the light of your own room

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How Nature's Essentials behaves on a wall

Our estimate, worked out from the hex colour, puts the light reflectance value of this Benjamin Moore shade at about 66.6; Benjamin Moore's own figure may differ. At an estimated LRV of 66.6 this is a light shade that still carries colour rather than reading as off-white. It gives back most of the light in the room, which suits north-facing walls that need the help. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away — roughly LRV 37 and below. Its red channel runs ahead of its blue, so it reads warm and will sit comfortably next to timber, brass and terracotta. Order by the code, not the name, and put a test patch on the wall before you commit — a screen cannot show you how this shade behaves in your own light.

Nature's Essentials equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to Benjamin Moore Nature's Essentials from each brand we carry, measured with CIEDE2000 on the manufacturers' published color values. Below 1 the difference is practically invisible; below 2 you'd only notice it with the chips side by side. Screens and printed chips aren't paint, so compare real samples before you buy. In the Muro app you can put two of them on a photo of your own wall and look at them in your light.

BrandClosest colorΔE 2000
Vista PaintPoseidon's Beard C-4180.5 Practically identical
BehrStonewashed PPU8-150.6 Practically identical
TikkurilaQ6310.7 Practically identical
ZolpanN197-30.8 Practically identical
Caparol3D Tundra 500.8 Practically identical
DekoralMinimalistyczny beż minimalistyczny-bez1.0 Practically identical
TollensGrisou CR4046-11.0 Very close
BruguerBlanco Cal 16597331.2 Very close
Dunn-EdwardsLimestone DE62331.2 Very close
Farrow & BallShaded White 2011.2 Very close
ValsparSeptember Fog 6003-1A1.3 Very close

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