Pale Smoke
Benjamin Moore's Pale Smoke is a gray shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A green undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#C9D3D0LRV
63.60
Pale Smoke in Rooms
Follow Pale Smoke from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 13 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Living Room Photos
These 3 living room images show how Pale Smoke (1584) can sit beside upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Living room walls gain depth with sophisticated Pale Smoke.
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Walls throughout your living room transform in moody Pale Smoke.
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Serene living room backdrop emerges in subtle Pale Smoke.
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5 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
In cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, the most interesting quality of Pale Smoke (1584) may be the way it responds to countertops, hardware, splashbacks and flooring. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Kitchen cabinetry receives a fresh update in Pale Smoke.
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Cabinet doors and hardware stand out in crisp Pale Smoke.
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Sophisticated kitchen storage transforms beneath Pale Smoke cabinetry.
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Streamlined cabinet design shines when painted Pale Smoke.
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Upper and lower cabinets unify beautifully in Pale Smoke.
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1 Bedroom Photo
The 1 bedroom image turn a gray swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Bedroom walls gain calm sophistication with Pale Smoke.
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1 Bathroom Photo
Pale Smoke (1584) moves through 1 bathroom image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Bathroom walls retreat into quiet elegance with Pale Smoke.
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3 Misc Photos
Pale Smoke (1584) can change noticeably under the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Versatile wall finish appears in neutral Pale Smoke.
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Neutral Pale Smoke creates a serene wall backdrop.
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Sophisticated wall palette centers on calming Pale Smoke.
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Coordinating Colors
White Diamond reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 64), opening up a space where Pale Smoke encloses it.
Sebring White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 64), opening up a space where Pale Smoke encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 42, Pale Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 64, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Pale Smoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 64 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 64 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (64 vs 60) makes Pale Smoke the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (72 vs 64) makes Raindrops on Roses the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 21), opening up a space where Aplomb encloses it.
Pale Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 5), opening up a space where Velvet Cloak encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 11, Pale Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 10, Pale Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 6, Pale Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 6), opening up a space where Caponata encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Misty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 64), opening up a space where Pale Smoke encloses it.
Fanfare reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 64), opening up a space where Pale Smoke encloses it.
Darker Colors
Pale Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 47), opening up a space where Rhine River encloses it.
With LRVs of 64 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Blue meets gray to create this smoky, light and cool neutral.