Baby Seal Black
Baby Seal Black is a Black paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its blue and grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#464A50LRV
8.74
Baby Seal Black in Rooms
Follow Baby Seal Black from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 17 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
5 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Baby Seal Black (2119-30) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under light moving across doors, rails and recessed panels.
Kitchen cabinets in crisp Baby Seal Black offer sleek contemporary style.
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Cabinetry in bold Baby Seal Black transforms the kitchen with elegance.
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Dark Baby Seal Black cabinets provide striking contrast in modern kitchens.
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Cabinets painted in rich Baby Seal Black create sophisticated kitchen design.
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Deep Baby Seal Black cabinets bring dramatic impact to kitchen spaces.
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3 Bedroom Photos
Viewed across 3 bedroom images in a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, Baby Seal Black (2119-30) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 8.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Children's bedroom walls in dark Baby Seal Black offer bold personality.
@ktraweek
Accent wall in dramatic Baby Seal Black anchors the bedroom design.
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Bedroom walls in moody Baby Seal Black create intimate bedroom spaces.
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3 Bathroom Photos
Baby Seal Black (2119-30) can change noticeably under window light, mirrors and focused task lighting. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Vanity painted in sophisticated Baby Seal Black adds bathroom elegance.
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Walls in deep Baby Seal Black establish dramatic bathroom atmosphere.
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Bathroom walls in bold Baby Seal Black provide striking visual impact.
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4 Living Room Photos
These 4 living room images show how Baby Seal Black (2119-30) can sit beside upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. Its blue undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Living room walls in dramatic Baby Seal Black create sophisticated spaces.
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Richly painted living room walls in Baby Seal Black add modern edge.
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Living room accent wall in dark Baby Seal Black anchors the design.
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Hallway walls in deep Baby Seal Black create architectural drama.
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1 Misc Photo
Baby Seal Black (2119-30) can change noticeably under the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Cabinet doors finished in dark Baby Seal Black provide visual depth.
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1 Home Office Photo
In a focused room balancing work, concentration and comfort, the most interesting quality of Baby Seal Black (2119-30) may be the way it responds to wood, paper, shelving and upholstered seating. Its blue undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Home office walls in bold Baby Seal Black enhance focused work spaces.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 72 vs 9, Maritime White is decisively the brighter choice.
Mauve Desert reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 9), opening up a space where Baby Seal Black encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 9, Venetian Marble is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 35 vs 9, Peanut Shell is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
A 8-point LRV gap (17 vs 9) makes Woodcliff Lake the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 9, Silver Fox is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 39 vs 9, Upper West Side is decisively the brighter choice.
Himalayan Trek reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 9), opening up a space where Baby Seal Black encloses it.
At LRV 32 vs 9, Briarwood is decisively the brighter choice.
Thunder reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 9), opening up a space where Baby Seal Black encloses it.
Cromwell Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Stormy Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (16 vs 9) makes Ashland Slate the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (9 vs 5) makes Baby Seal Black the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A cool charcoal black with a hint of violet undertone.