Portland Gray
Portland Gray is a Gray paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#D3CCC7LRV
60.21
Portland Gray in Rooms
Follow Portland Gray from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 4 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Misc Photos
The 2 misc images turn a gray swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
A nursery painted in Portland Gray establishes calm, soothing surroundings.
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Portland Gray walls in the nursery create a peaceful, restful environment.
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1 Bathroom Photo
Viewed across 1 bathroom image in a compact setting where tile, fixtures and color sit close together, Portland Gray (2109-60) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 60.2 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Bathroom vanity and mirror stand out against Portland Gray walls.
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1 Dining Room Photo
Portland Gray (2109-60) 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 Portland Gray frame a wooden table and chairs.
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Coordinating Colors
White Heron reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 60), opening up a space where Portland Gray encloses it.
Portland Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 10), opening up a space where Hudson Bay encloses it.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 60), opening up a space where Portland Gray encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 13, Portland Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 62 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 60 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Blue Lace the marginally brighter of the two.
Portland Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 42), opening up a space where Beneath the Clouds encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 19, Portland Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Portland Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 31), opening up a space where Van Courtland Blue encloses it.
Portland Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 14), opening up a space where Nocturnal Gray encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 17, Portland Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Portland Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 22), opening up a space where Normandy encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 62 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Hampshire Rocks is decisively the brighter choice.
A la Mode reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 60), opening up a space where Portland Gray encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 60, White Winged Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
Portland Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 44), opening up a space where Sandlot Gray encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 41, Portland Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Portland Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A lavender-tinged gray that conjures the seductive mist that surrounds the Pacific Northwest.