Smoky Ash

Benjamin Moore

Color Code:986
Hex Code:#998B75
RGB:153, 139, 117
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):approx. 26.5
Category:brown
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Smoky Ash in the light of your own room

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How Smoky Ash behaves on a wall

Our estimate, worked out from the hex colour, puts the light reflectance value of this Benjamin Moore shade at about 26.5; Benjamin Moore's own figure may differ. At an estimated LRV of 26.5 this sits mid-scale — dark enough to hold its own against white trim, light enough not to close a room in. Mid-tones shift the most between daylight and lamplight, so check it at both ends of the day. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away — roughly LRV 57 and up. With 36 points between its strongest and weakest channel it holds a readable brown cast, so it will not flatten into a neutral once it is on four walls. 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.

Smoky Ash equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to Benjamin Moore Smoky Ash 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
KeimKEIM Avantgarde 0760.8 Practically identical
TitanluxIT126.51.2 Very close
Sherwin-WilliamsSawdust SW 61581.3 Very close
Caparol3D Curcuma 151.4 Very close
Vista PaintTropical Tan K-9381.6 Very close
ValsparRugged 3008-9C1.6 Very close
JotunClaywood 100511.7 Very close
BehrDry Pasture PPU8-032.0 Very close
Farrow & BallMouse's Back 402.0 Close
StoStoColor 320202.2 Close
ZolpanF250-42.3 Close

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