Bone Black
Benjamin Moore's Bone Black is a gray shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. An LRV of 47.5 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
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47.47
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 80 vs 47, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 47, First Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 47, Harwood Putty is decisively the brighter choice.
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 11), opening up a space where Randolph Gray encloses it.
Complementary Colors
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 9), opening up a space where Approaching Storm encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 22, Bone Black is decisively the brighter choice.
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 14), opening up a space where Blue Gaspe encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 47, Violet Sparkle is decisively the brighter choice.
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 18), opening up a space where French Violet encloses it.
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 7), opening up a space where Blackberry Punch encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (47 vs 39) makes Bone Black the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (57 vs 47) makes Silver Chain the marginally brighter of the two.
Whisper reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 47), opening up a space where Bone Black encloses it.
Shoreline reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 47), opening up a space where Bone Black encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (51 vs 47) makes Winterwood the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 27), opening up a space where Desert Twilight encloses it.
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Creekside Green encloses it.
Bone Black reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 32), opening up a space where Arctic Shadows encloses it.
Bone Black reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Found in 18th and early 19th century wallpapers and woodwork, this graceful, classic gray is a lighter shade of the pigment bone black.