Hot Spice
Benjamin Moore's Hot Spice is a orange shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#F06450LRV
27.33
Coordinating Colors
A 8-point LRV gap (27 vs 19) makes Hot Spice the marginally brighter of the two.
Elmira White reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 27), opening up a space where Hot Spice encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 27 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 26), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 28 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Sonoma Skies reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 27), opening up a space where Hot Spice encloses it.
Crystal Springs reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Hot Spice encloses it.
At LRV 27 vs 8, Hot Spice is decisively the brighter choice.
Seaside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 27), opening up a space where Hot Spice encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 27, Blue Allure is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 27, Turquoise Powder is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Salmon Run reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 27), opening up a space where Hot Spice encloses it.
With LRVs of 28 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (34 vs 27) makes Tucson Coral the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 30 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (27 vs 23) makes Hot Spice the marginally brighter of the two.
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Manufacturer description
Playful red undertones energize this sultry shade of orange.