Hot Tamale
Hot Tamale is a Red paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its pink and red classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#A93434LRV
12.52
Hot Tamale in Rooms
Follow Hot Tamale from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 4 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Photo
Catalog words such as Bright offer another lens on its character. In this setting, let daylight, task lighting and evening pendants and stone, timber, tile and metal finishes guide the final sample decision.
Kitchen walls wrapped in Hot Tamale bring bold color to cooking and gathering.
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3 Misc Photos
3 misc images trace Hot Tamale (CSP-1155) through the color’s movement from one type of space to another. Catalog words such as Bright offer another lens on its character.
Wall surface finished with this vibrant Hot Tamale hue creates dynamic visual impact.
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Walls painted in Hot Tamale establish a striking focal point throughout the space.
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Rich Hot Tamale color transforms the wall into a dramatic architectural feature.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 80 vs 13, Paper Doll is decisively the brighter choice.
Sonnet reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 13), opening up a space where Hot Tamale encloses it.
Dusty Miller reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 13), opening up a space where Hot Tamale encloses it.
Hot Tamale reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 47 vs 13, Rhine River is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 13, Glacier Lake is decisively the brighter choice.
Lookout Point reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Hot Tamale encloses it.
Hot Tamale reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 71 vs 13, Iceberg is decisively the brighter choice.
Brittany Blue reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 13), opening up a space where Hot Tamale encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 10-point LRV gap (23 vs 13) makes Bubble Tea the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 26 vs 13, Coral Bronze is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Hot Tamale reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Hot Tamale the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Brilliant, fire-y and "muy caliente." This is one shade that's hot, hot, hot!