Porringer Gray
Porringer Gray is a Gray paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its neutral temperature leaves room for surrounding materials and light to pull the color warmer or cooler. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#C3C8CBLRV
56.90
Porringer Gray in Rooms
Follow Porringer Gray from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 6 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
4 Bedroom Photos
Porringer Gray (2121-40) brings its gray character into a room designed around rest, softness and retreat. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Bedroom walls in Porringer Gray create a serene, restful retreat.
@dandl.onepainting
Porringer Gray paint wraps the bedroom in calming sophistication.
@justinwilsonpainting
Bedroom walls painted Porringer Gray establish a peaceful sanctuary.
@justinwilsonpainting
Porringer Gray walls in the bedroom foster a tranquil atmosphere.
@justinwilsonpainting
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
Porringer Gray (2121-40) moves through 1 kitchen cabinets image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Kitchen cabinets painted Porringer Gray bring contemporary elegance to the space.
@mark.hartman.souder
1 Misc Photo
The color’s movement from one type of space to another can draw different notes from Porringer Gray (2121-40). The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Walls in Porringer Gray deliver understated, timeless neutral appeal.
@jtm.made
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 74 vs 57, Albescent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 57, Simply White is decisively the brighter choice.
Porringer Gray reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 9), opening up a space where Blue Note encloses it.
Marilyn's Dress reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 57), opening up a space where Porringer Gray encloses it.
Similar Colors
Sweet Innocence reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 59 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 57 vs 22, Porringer Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Porringer Gray reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 12), opening up a space where Desert Shadows encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (66 vs 57) makes Hint of Violet the marginally brighter of the two.
Antique Pearl reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 57), opening up a space where Porringer Gray encloses it.
At LRV 57 vs 6, Porringer Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 17, Porringer Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 44, Porringer Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (61 vs 57) makes Sidewalk Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Early Frost reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lavender Wash reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 58 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Porringer Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Porringer Gray reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 34), opening up a space where Pewter encloses it.
Porringer Gray reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 35), opening up a space where Delray Gray encloses it.
Porringer Gray reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 38), opening up a space where Pilgrim Haze encloses it.
Porringer Gray reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 40), opening up a space where Shadow Gray encloses it.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Renamed to Porringer Gray, this light gray is buoyed by cool blue undertones.