Navy Masterpiece (BM 1652)

Navy Masterpiece BM 1652#435155, LRV 9.1
Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Navy Masterpiece 1652 (simulated)
Living room, walls in Navy Masterpiece

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Navy Masterpiece (BM 1652) is a very deep, neutral gray from Benjamin Moore: LRV 9.1, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with Navy Masterpiece

Three Benjamin Moore colors picked for Navy Masterpiece by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Navy Masterpiece, 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.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsTarragonSW 966071.5very close
BehrThermalS440-77.42.1very close
ValsparDeep River Green5010-371.6very close
PPG PaintsObsidian1035-781.3very close

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

Color data

BrandBenjamin Moore
Color code1652
Hex#435155
RGB67, 81, 85
HSL193°, 12%, 30%
LRV (light reflectance value)9.1
Lab L*, a*, b*33.4, -4.5, -4.2
UndertoneCool
Temperatureneutral
Color familyGray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Navy Masterpiece (BM 1652), published as #435155

North light (cool, indirect)
#324853
South light (warm, direct)
#535A55

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Common questions

What is the LRV of Navy Masterpiece (BM 1652)?
Navy Masterpiece has an LRV of 9.1. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Navy Masterpiece is a very deep color.
What is the closest match to Navy Masterpiece in another brand?
Obsidian (PPG 1035-7) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
Is Navy Masterpiece warm or cool?
Benjamin Moore lists Navy Masterpiece as neutral, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -4.2; 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.

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