Softened Violet
Benjamin Moore Softened Violet (1420) carries the measured structure of its color data and the less predictable beauty of paint in a finished space. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#8085B4LRV
26.77
Coordinating Colors
Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 27), opening up a space where Softened Violet encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 27, Vanilla Milkshake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 27, Gray Owl is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 27), opening up a space where Softened Violet encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 26), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 29 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 27 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
Persian Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
At LRV 27 vs 13, Softened Violet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 12, Softened Violet is decisively the brighter choice.
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Manufacturer description
This idyllic soft violet is deepened with blue undertones.