Thornton Sage
Thornton Sage is a versatile and reflective Green from Benjamin Moore. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. Below, you'll find 12 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#D2D9CA
LRV
66.28
Thornton Sage in Real Rooms
Thornton Sage has a high LRV of 66.28 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Green family, the photos below show it applied in a kitchen cabinets, house, misc and bathroom.
4 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
On traditional shaker-style cabinets, Thornton Sage brings out the clean lines and shadow gaps of the woodwork. It's a color that highlights quality craftsmanship, making it an ideal choice for a high-end renovation or a custom kitchen build.
Cabinet doors in Thornton Sage bring sophisticated color to the kitchen design.
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Kitchen cabinetry painted in Thornton Sage offers timeless, understated elegance.
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Lower cabinets finished in Thornton Sage complement the kitchen's neutral palette.
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Island cabinetry in Thornton Sage serves as the focal point of the kitchen.
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6 House Photos
Using Thornton Sage on an exterior allows you to be more creative with your landscaping. The color provides a dark, rich backdrop that makes the greens of boxwoods or the colors of perennials look much more vivid and professional.
Exterior siding painted in Thornton Sage provides a calm, natural foundation.
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1 Misc Photo
More spaces painted in Thornton Sage, shared by homeowners and designers across kitchens, hallways, dining rooms, and beyond. This collection shows how one color can take on a dozen different personalities depending on the room.
Children's bedroom walls in Thornton Sage establish a calming, nurturing environment.
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1 Bathroom Photo
Bathrooms test color in specific ways — task lighting, tile grout, and chrome or brass fixtures all compete for attention. Thornton Sage holds its own against all of it, and tends to photograph even better than it reads in person.
Bathroom vanity and walls in Thornton Sage create a spa-like atmosphere.
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Coordinating Colors
White Heron reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 66), opening up a space where Thornton Sage encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 50, Thornton Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Baby's Breath reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 66), opening up a space where Thornton Sage encloses it.
Greenmount Silk reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 66 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (66 vs 63) makes Thornton Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Thornton Sage reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 6), opening up a space where Plum Royale encloses it.
Thornton Sage reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 10), opening up a space where Dark Lilac encloses it.
Thornton Sage reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 15), opening up a space where Fire and Ice encloses it.
Thornton Sage reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 5), opening up a space where Exotic Purple encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 5, Thornton Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 25, Thornton Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Pearl Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Frostine reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 66), opening up a space where Thornton Sage encloses it.
Woodland White reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
A 3-point LRV gap (66 vs 63) makes Thornton Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Thornton Sage reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Salisbury Green encloses it.
Thornton Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 66 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Thornton Sage reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 43), opening up a space where Sherwood Green encloses it.