Benjamin Moore Natural Cream is a wonderful gray paint that is warm, cozy and full of charm. It’s a soft, fairly neutral substance that can work in any space in your home!
Call it mushroom, call it gray, call it cream… you want to name it, I call it beautiful!
It works perfectly with softer cream colors, as well as deeper browns and mushrooms. I think you’ll love it – let’s dig deeper into this gorgeous color!
Benjamin Moore Natural Cream is an amazing paint color that’s trending on the Internet! This is a beautiful shade that falls somewhere between cream and gray.
It’s light and bright, but still gives you some contrast against warmer whites and bright whites. It’s a rich cream color without too much yellow in the tone!
See this full color used in an actual house, from Kitchen Cabinetsarrive board and polish and more! Use the Table of Contents drop-down menu to navigate this post and find all the information you need to decide if this color is right for you.
Since I haven’t had a chance to use this beautiful color yet, my friend Emma Courtney kindly allowed us to share her beautiful home. If you haven’t seen her home yet, just check it out!
See her full before and after Benjamin Moore Natural Cream’s Kitchen this! It’s an incredible and very inspiring space!
Benjamin Moore Natural Cream OC-14
This color is a warm, soft neutral. It is somewhere between warm white and mushroom color. It is the perfect gray, with a soothing tone that goes well with a variety of accent colors.
Looking for more paint inspiration? Don’t miss my complete guide to Warm white people, Gray paint color, Romantic bedroom colors and our favorite Neutral paint color we have used for many years.
Learn all about this rather warm gray paint color! Fun fact: it is also known as Benjamin Moore Nature’s Essentials 1521.
Why you will love this color
- Rich and warm
- Works in a variety of light
- Perfect neutral
- Great colors
Benjamin Moore Natural Cream LRV
What is LRV? Click through for the full guide – it’s an important system to understand for paint selection!
LRV stands for Light reflectance value. This is a valuable scale that tells us how much light a color reflects… or in other words, how bright a color is. On a scale of 0-100, 0 is the deepest black and 100 is pure white.
Natural Cream has an LRV of 64.78. It’s a perfect LRV that interior designers tend to love… around 60 will give you a cozy neutral wall color. It’s also great as an accent color in many spaces!
Where to use BM Natural Cream?
Benjamin Moore natural ice cream cabinet
As you can see, this color works beautifully on kitchen cabinets. Natural Cream’s warm tones look stunning in combination with quartz countertops and a subway tiles backlash.
The copper hardware in brass Lock the cabinet Also makes for a cozy, warm look in this kitchen!
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Advice
- In a north-facing room (or one that doesn’t have a lot of natural light), you’ll see more gray tones.
- Get 5-6 samples if that’s what it takes. Learn more about Sample paint this!
- Try different colors that you sample on two walls in the room or outside facing different directions.
- Look at paint at different times of the day to see how it reads in different lighting situations. Learn more about light bulb this.
- Test it with yours cut color.
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