Northern Cliffs
Northern Cliffs is a Gray paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Benjamin Moore Classics® Color Collection, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. 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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45.53
Northern Cliffs in Rooms
Follow Northern Cliffs from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
6 Living Room Photos
These 6 living room images show how Northern Cliffs (1536) can sit beside upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. Its yellow and red undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Living room walls painted Northern Cliffs provide restful neutrality.
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2 Misc Photos
Against a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes, Northern Cliffs (1536) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 45.5 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Wall surfaces in Northern Cliffs offer sophisticated neutral grounding.
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Wall paneling in Northern Cliffs adds architectural interest and depth.
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2 Kitchen Photos
Northern Cliffs (1536) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under daylight, task lighting and evening pendants.
Kitchen cabinetry and walls in Northern Cliffs work beautifully together.
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Kitchen walls painted Northern Cliffs complement natural wood elements.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 82 vs 46, Swiss Coffee is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 7, Northern Cliffs is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 46, Cloud White is decisively the brighter choice.
Tapestry Beige reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Northern Cliffs encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 47 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Northern Cliffs reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 24), opening up a space where Bachelor Blue encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (46 vs 34) makes Northern Cliffs the marginally brighter of the two.
Northern Cliffs reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 46 vs 14, Northern Cliffs is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Northern Cliffs is decisively the brighter choice.
Northern Cliffs reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 8), opening up a space where Hale Navy encloses it.
Northern Cliffs reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 22), opening up a space where Luxe encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cumulus Cloud reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Barren Plain reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 46), opening up a space where Northern Cliffs encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 46, Nimbus is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (46 vs 39) makes Northern Cliffs the marginally brighter of the two.
Northern Cliffs reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 33), opening up a space where River Gorge Gray encloses it.
Northern Cliffs reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Northern Cliffs reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 26), opening up a space where Copley Gray encloses it.
Northern Cliffs reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
A soft mid-tone, this neutral gray offers endless versatility.