Carolina Gull
Carolina Gull is a Neutral 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
#858D81LRV
27.41
Carolina Gull in Rooms
Follow Carolina Gull 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.
7 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 7 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Carolina Gull (2138-40) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 27.4 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Kitchen island base in Carolina Gull becomes a striking focal point.
@colorfulcupboardpainting
2 Bedroom Photos
Carolina Gull (2138-40) 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 gentle morning light and low evening lamps.
Bedroom walls in Carolina Gull evoke a peaceful, grounded atmosphere.
@paintcoloursuk
Soft Carolina Gull walls create a serene sleeping environment.
@athomewithlaur
1 Dining Room Photo
Carolina Gull (2138-40) can change noticeably under natural light, candles and pendant lighting. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Dining room walls in Carolina Gull frame the table elegantly.
@thdesignandremodeling
1 Living Room Photo
In a space shaped by conversation, quiet evenings and changing daylight, the most interesting quality of Carolina Gull (2138-40) may be the way it responds to upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Hallway painted in Carolina Gull connects living spaces harmoniously.
@homemadefoodjunkie
1 Home Office Photo
1 sourced room photo gives the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Carolina Gull (2138-40) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Home office walls in Carolina Gull promote focus and productivity.
@mandymilks_creative
1 Bathroom Photo
These 1 bathroom image show how Carolina Gull (2138-40) can sit beside tile, stone, glass, timber and metal fixtures. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Bathroom vanity in Carolina Gull adds understated elegance.
@blue.sliver.design
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 77 vs 27, Soft Chamois is decisively the brighter choice.
Light Khaki reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 27), opening up a space where Carolina Gull encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 27, Mountain Peak White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 40 vs 27, Nantucket Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Carolina Gull reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 26), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 27 and 26, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 27 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Carolina Gull reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 6), opening up a space where Plum Royale encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (34 vs 27) makes Iris Bliss the marginally brighter of the two.
Carolina Gull reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 9), opening up a space where Grappa encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Carolina Gull reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 10), opening up a space where Purple Lotus encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 30 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Heather Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Flora reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 27), opening up a space where Carolina Gull encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (30 vs 27) makes High Park the marginally brighter of the two.
Herb Bouquet reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
At LRV 27 vs 15, Carolina Gull is decisively the brighter choice.
Carolina Gull reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (27 vs 21) makes Carolina Gull the marginally brighter of the two.
A 6-point LRV gap (27 vs 21) makes Carolina Gull the marginally brighter of the two.
Carolina Gull reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A rich, versatile mid-tone that exhibits appealing notes of gray and warm green.