
RAL 840-M
RAL 840-M is a grey paint color from RAL Effect, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its LRV of 6.4 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. The room imagery and measured color data offer two complementary ways to read the shade.
Hex
#494440LRV
6.43
RAL 840-M in Rooms
Follow RAL 840-M from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 5 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
In cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, the most interesting quality of RAL 840-M (RAL 840-M) may be the way it responds to countertops, hardware, splashbacks and flooring. The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.

RAL Effect 840-M kitchen cabinets
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1 Bedroom Photo
RAL 840-M (RAL 840-M) brings its grey character into a room designed around rest, softness and retreat. With an LRV of 6.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.

RAL Effect 840-M bedroom
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1 Bathroom Photo
RAL 840-M (RAL 840-M) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: With an LRV of 6.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate. Test it under window light, mirrors and focused task lighting.

RAL Effect 840-M minimalist bathroom
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1 House Photo
Across 1 house image, RAL 840-M (RAL 840-M) meets full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows. With an LRV of 6.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.

RAL Effect 840-M victorian house interior
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1 Living Room Photo
The 1 living room image turn a grey swatch into something more spatial and expressive. With an LRV of 6.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.

RAL Effect 840-M living room
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