Color Spotlight: Benjamin Moore Pale Oak

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Pale Oak Benjamin Moore is a versatile and strong neutral. Color Spotlight on Bekob.com

Hi Bekob! It’s Cyndy from The Creativity Exchange back with this month’s paint color post. If you happened to miss my post last month, I highlighted great whole home paint colors and shared some tips for choosing the well fitted color here.

For today’s paint color post, I wanted to highlight a fantastic versatile neutral called Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore.

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Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore. Color Spotlight on Bekob — **Get a sample of Benjamin Moore Pale Oak**

Pale Oak | Benjamin Moore

I wanted to spotlight Pale Oak because the color is quickly becoming a very popular neutral that is very versatile. Pale Oak is a light warmer greige (gray/beige) that leans just a tad warmer than traditional greiges. In spaces with a lot of natural light (like this space below), Pale Oak will look more of a warm off white.

Pale Oak Benjamin Moore via Enviable Designs

In spaces with little natural light, Pale Oak takes on a striking warm light greige color.

Wall color is Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore. Color Spotlight Bekob — **Pale Oak Benjamin Moore** via A Thoughtful Place

Wall color is Pale Oak Benjamin Moore. Color Spotlight on Bekob — **Pale Oak Benjamin Moore** via Leona Mozes

Pale Oak has just the right amount of warmth in the undertone that it keeps the gray in the color from being to cold and sterile.

While Pale Oak is a very versatile color, Pale Oak is one of those colors that can dramatically change depending on lighting. If you’re looking for a striking off white with a hint of gray and you have a lot of natural light, Pale Oak is ideal in this situation.

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Wall color is Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore. Color Spotlight on Bekob — **Pale Oak Benjamin Moore** via Marty Rhein

However, if you have a space with very little natural light and want to choose a greige that will not be to cold, Pale Oak is strong and has just the right amount of warmth.

While I love Pale Oak in all of these different light situation, I personally think Pale Oak looks its absolute best in spaces that have just a small amount of natural light. I especially love it when the gray in the undertone stands out more but the warmth keeps it from being to sterile.

Pale Oak is a vivid color and one to put on your radar. It’s always very important to paint a poster board with a sample of a color before buy but it is especially important to test if you are looking at Pale Oak. Be sure to pin this to save it for later!

Pale Oak By Benjamin Moore is a balanced and versatile warm neutral griege (gray/beige) paint color that works beautifully in both full or limited natural lighting and artificial l

Thanks for stopping by today and if you are looking for more versatile colors, I shared my 15 go-to all-star colors on my blog here. I also share tons of color inspiration and workable color palettes as well and you can find all of those here.

Cyndy