Metropolitan
Benjamin Moore Metropolitan (AF-690) carries the measured structure of its color data and the less predictable beauty of paint in a finished space. Its grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
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49.96
Metropolitan in Rooms
Follow Metropolitan from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 16 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Bedroom Photos
Across 2 bedroom images, Metropolitan (AF-690) meets gentle morning light and low evening lamps. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Bedroom walls painted Metropolitan establish a moody, sophisticated atmosphere for restful spaces.
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Rich Metropolitan paint envelops a bedroom in elegant, calming tones throughout.
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6 Living Room Photos
Metropolitan (AF-690) 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 the movement from window light to lamplight.
Living room walls in Metropolitan paint create a contemporary backdrop for modern furnishings.
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4 Bathroom Photos
Metropolitan (AF-690) moves through 4 bathroom images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Bathroom vanity wall glows with sophisticated Metropolitan blue-gray.
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White subway tile contrasts beautifully against Metropolitan walls.
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Framed mirror reflects Metropolitan's calming depth in bathroom space.
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Bathroom walls in Metropolitan create a serene, spa-like atmosphere.
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1 Home Office Photo
These 1 home office image show how Metropolitan (AF-690) can sit beside wood, paper, shelving and upholstered seating. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Desk wall in Metropolitan provides focused, professional home office backdrop.
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2 Dining Room Photos
These 2 dining room images show how Metropolitan (AF-690) can sit beside timber, table linen, glass and artwork. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Dining room walls wrapped in Metropolitan enhance intimate dinner gatherings.
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Dining table sits elegantly against Metropolitan-painted architectural walls.
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1 Misc Photo
Against a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes, Metropolitan (AF-690) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 50.0 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Soft Metropolitan shade creates depth and character on accent wall.
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Coordinating Colors
Paper White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 50), opening up a space where Metropolitan encloses it.
Metropolitan reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 8), opening up a space where Black Horizon encloses it.
Frostine reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 50), opening up a space where Metropolitan encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 50, Constellation is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 51 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 51 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 50 vs 34, Metropolitan is decisively the brighter choice.
Metropolitan reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 9), opening up a space where Grappa encloses it.
At LRV 50 vs 25, Metropolitan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 50 vs 27, Metropolitan is decisively the brighter choice.
Metropolitan reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 6), opening up a space where Plum Royale encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (59 vs 50) makes Easter Ribbon the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
A 10-point LRV gap (60 vs 50) makes Perspective the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 51 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Alaskan Husky reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 50), opening up a space where Metropolitan encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (60 vs 50) makes Sleigh Bells the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (61 vs 50) makes Cliffside Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
Metropolitan reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 50 vs 36, Metropolitan is decisively the brighter choice.
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Manufacturer description
A stylish gray with cool undertones that reflects the modern sophistication of 21st-century design.