Charcoal Linen
Benjamin Moore's Charcoal Linen is a gray shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its neutral temperature leaves room for surrounding materials and light to pull the color warmer or cooler. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#7C7F84LRV
21.95
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 87 vs 22, White Heron is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 22, Portland Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 22, Slip is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 22, Decorator's White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 24 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 24 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Charcoal Linen reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Fox reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 22), opening up a space where Charcoal Linen encloses it.
Upper West Side reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 22), opening up a space where Charcoal Linen encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 22, Himalayan Trek is decisively the brighter choice.
Briarwood reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 48 vs 22, Thunder is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 20), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
Charcoal Linen reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Charcoal Linen reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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Manufacturer description
A handsome dark gray distinguished by a hint of indigo.