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Settled, side by side

Pashmina

Benjamin Moore · AF-100

Silver Metallic

Meoded · Decorative plaster

44.2
LRV
#BBB2A1
Hex
#B7B4AE
187 · 178 · 161
RGB
183 · 180 · 174
Neutral
Warmth
Cool
Pashmina is neutral; Silver Metallic is cool.
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Undertone
Warm pewter with a pearl sheen; the color changes as you move
Beige
Family
Gray
Affinity
Collection
Decorative finishes

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Pashmina leans neutral where Silver Metallic reads cool. Pashmina is a beige, Silver Metallic a gray.

How they read

In their own words

Pashmina is Benjamin Moore's most even-handed taupe: the brand describes it as 'perfectly balanced between warm and cool, light and dark'. It belongs to the Affinity collection, designed so that every colour in it harmonises with every other.

Silver Metallic is a Meoded decorative plaster rather than a flat paint — a pewter-toned finish with a pearl sheen that shifts as you move through the room. In daylight it reads as a soft warm grey; at night, with candles and lamps, it glimmers like brushed metal.

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