Nature's Essentials (BM 1521)
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Nature's Essentials (BM 1521) is a light, warm greige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 64.8, so it reflects about 65 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Nature's Essentials
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Nature's Essentials by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Nature's Essentials, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Oat Milk | SW 9501 | 70 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Arid Landscape | N310-2 | 67.4 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | September Fog | 6003-1A | 70 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Scotch Mist | 14-07 | 71 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore greige colors nearest to Nature's Essentials (LRV 64.8) by LRV.
Lighter than Nature's Essentials
Darker than Nature's Essentials
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1521 |
| Hex | #DAD5C6 |
| RGB | 218, 213, 198 |
| HSL | 45°, 21%, 82% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 64.8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.3, -0.9, 8.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Nature's Essentials (BM 1521), published as #DAD5C6
#C9CBC4
#ECDFC6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Nature's Essentials (BM 1521)?
- Nature's Essentials has an LRV of 64.8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Nature's Essentials is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Nature's Essentials in another brand?
- Arid Landscape (Behr N310-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Nature's Essentials warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Nature's Essentials as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.0; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.