Smoke & Mirrors
Smoke & Mirrors 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. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#B1ADA2LRV
41.98
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 90 vs 42, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 42, Classic Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 42, Plaster of Paris is decisively the brighter choice.
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 13), opening up a space where Stained Glass encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (46 vs 42) makes Gray Huskie the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 24), opening up a space where Bachelor Blue encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (42 vs 34) makes Smoke & Mirrors the marginally brighter of the two.
Smoke & Mirrors reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 42 vs 14, Smoke & Mirrors is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Smoke & Mirrors is decisively the brighter choice.
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 8), opening up a space where Hale Navy encloses it.
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 22), opening up a space where Luxe encloses it.
Lighter Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (46 vs 42) makes Gray Huskie the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (46 vs 42) makes La Paloma Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
At LRV 42 vs 25, Smoke & Mirrors is decisively the brighter choice.
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 26), opening up a space where Copley Gray encloses it.
Smoke & Mirrors reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 27), opening up a space where Tavern Gray encloses it.
Smoke & Mirrors reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 26), opening up a space where Smoked Truffle encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
A trick of the eye, or pure magic? This mystically-toned hue gives the illusion of another dimension.