Pashmina
AF-100 · Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore
Pashmina
AF-100
Noticeable yellow-beige, a warm color
- Color family
- Neutral
- Sold for
- Interior and exterior
Benjamin Moore Pashmina AF-100 is a warm taupe, the deep end of the greiges most people shortlist. An LRV of 44 puts it in the light-medium band: it still returns a fair share of the light in a room with real windows, but it behaves as a color rather than a backdrop. It gets chosen where a greige needs weight, most often on kitchen cabinets, in a dining room or across a whole living room.
Source: Benjamin Moore's color data. Undertone labels describe our calculation, not the paint formula or a test in your room. How we assess colors.
Is Pashmina warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers
leans yellow
Undertone
Noticeable yellow-beige
A visible lean you see in daylight.
In the published swatch, Pashmina holds a clear dose of yellow and sits almost exactly on the line between the red and green sides of neutral, so there is no pink and no sage waiting in it to surface later. That is unusual for a taupe this deep, and it is the reason the color stays put when the light changes. Against white trim the contrast is real, close to two steps, so the trim draws a line instead of blending into the wall. Warm oak brings the brown up in it. Cool marble and white quartz push it toward gray. Beside Stone Hearth 984 it is the darker and marginally cooler of the two.
Pashmina in different lighting
A north room takes about a step of warmth out of Pashmina and leaves a cooler, grayer taupe, which some people want and others find dour; a warm floor and 2700K bulbs are what bring the brown back. South rooms are its easiest exposure, where the yellow runs closer to caramel through the afternoon. East light gives a warm morning and a plainer gray-brown by evening. West light is where it looks richest, in the last hour. Bulbs over 4000K flatten it, and at this depth the flatness is more obvious than it would be on a pale greige.
Watch for
- A small north room can feel closed in at this depth, so try one wall first
- Late west sun tips it toward caramel for an hour, which is the version people photograph
- Cool 4000K bulbs flatten it into a dull gray-brown
Best rooms and surfaces for Pashmina
Pashmina is a cabinet color first. It has the depth to carry a kitchen island or a full run of doors without going black, and it sits with white oak, brass and honed stone. On walls it suits rooms you want enclosed, a dining room, a study, a bedroom with two windows, more than it suits a dark hallway, where there is not much light to work with. A small bathroom with one window will feel tight in it, though a windowless powder room is a different case, since there the depth is the point. Above white wainscoting it works better than floor to ceiling in a room with low ceilings.
Pashmina on an exterior
Pashmina is sold for exterior use, where the depth that makes it strong indoors becomes ordinary. Full sun lifts it a long way, so a lit wall can read close to a mid beige while the shaded elevations stay dark and brown. That spread suits a house with deep eaves and real shadow rather than a flat facade. It is a body color and not a trim color, and Cinder AF-705 from its coordinating list or a plain black door reads well against it.
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Pashmina vs Revere Pewter, Stone Hearth, Accessible Beige and Edgecomb Gray
Revere PewterPashminaPashmina vs Revere Pewter HC-172
Pashmina is much darker; undertone noticeable yellow-beige vs subtle yellow-beige. Based on published LRV and our swatch classification.
Revere Pewter HC-172 is eleven points lighter, 55 against 44, and the two are not really up for the same job. Revere Pewter has a green trace and enough lightness to run through a whole floor. Pashmina is browner, more saturated and heavy enough that most people put it on cabinets or in a single room. If you liked Revere Pewter but wanted it to hold its color in a bright room, this is where that leads.
Stone HearthPashminaPashmina vs Stone Hearth 984
Pashmina is noticeably darker; both fall in our noticeable yellow-beige category. Based on published LRV and our swatch classification.
Stone Hearth 984 is the closer call: four points lighter, the same noticeable yellow-beige, and near enough on a chip that people order both samples. The split shows on a wall. Stone Hearth carries a little more red and reads softer, while Pashmina reads browner and flatter. Over warm oak floors Stone Hearth blends in, and Pashmina keeps an edge of its own.
Accessible BeigePashminaPashmina vs Accessible Beige SW 7036
Pashmina is much darker; both fall in our noticeable yellow-beige category. Based on published LRV and our swatch classification.
Accessible Beige SW 7036 is fourteen points lighter, and although both measure a noticeable yellow-beige they land in different places once painted. Accessible Beige stays a light beige that passes for a warm neutral; Pashmina stays a taupe with a color of its own. Pick Accessible Beige for a room that should hold its brightness, Pashmina for a room you want to feel wrapped.
Edgecomb GrayPashminaPashmina vs Edgecomb Gray HC-173
Pashmina is much darker; both fall in our noticeable yellow-beige category. Based on published LRV and our swatch classification.
Edgecomb Gray HC-173 sits nineteen points above Pashmina, which is more than a shade: it is a warm off-white next to a full taupe. They come up together because Pashmina is often the cabinet or accent color in a house painted Edgecomb Gray. Used that way the pair holds, since both lean yellow-beige and neither brings a competing undertone into the room.
Questions about Pashmina
What colors go with Pashmina?
The coordinating list runs White Dove OC-17 and Deep in Thought AF-30 above it, Cinder AF-705 as the gray accent and Providence Blue 1636 as the color. Past that list it takes white oak, walnut, brass and cream limestone without a fight. What it does not take is cool blue-gray tile, which turns the taupe muddy by contrast.
What is a lighter version of Pashmina?
London Fog 1541 is the next rung up its own strip at an LRV of 56, twelve points brighter and the closest thing to Pashmina in a lighter weight. If that is too big a jump, Stone Hearth 984 at 49 and Gallery Buff CSP-225 at 46 are both half steps that keep the same warmth and lose only a little depth.
Is Pashmina a good color for kitchen cabinets?
Yes, and it is one of the more used taupe cabinet colors for a reason. At this depth the doors hold their color under a bright kitchen light instead of washing out, and the yellow-beige keeps them from reading cold next to wood. Keep counters and backsplash clearly lighter, because warm stone close to the cabinet tone makes the whole run look like one brown block.
Does Pashmina look purple or green?
Pashmina may look warmer, grayer or show an unexpected cast as the light changes. Its swatch sits close to the red-green neutral line, which cannot rule out purple or green-looking effects. Compare it beside the flooring and cabinetry before choosing it for connected rooms.
Is Pashmina good for exteriors?
It is rated for exterior use, and outdoors it behaves like a different color. Direct sun lifts it well above the chip, so a sunlit wall reads as a mid beige while the north side stays dark and brown. A house that shows two elevations at once will show both versions. Treat it as the body color and put the crisp white on the trim.
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Trim, ceiling and coordinating colors for Pashmina
Benjamin Moore lists White Dove OC-17 and Deep in Thought AF-30 among Pashmina's coordinating colors, and both work as trim for the same reason: they sit far enough above it that the contrast is deliberate. Chantilly Lace OC-65 sharpens the edge further and makes the taupe look browner. Simply White OC-117 is the warmer option and narrows the gap a little.
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