Our Review of Light Pewter by Benjamin Moore

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Light Pewter by Benjamin Moore is an airy greige paint color that can add an effortless, sophisticated touch to your home’s exterior. In this paint color review, we share all the technical details, our recommended applications, and complementing colors to pair with Light Pewter, whether you use it as a central or accent color. Keep reading to learn more about Light Pewter by Benjamin Moore.

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Contemporary home rendering with black windows, a tall portico, and sand and pave walkway

Benjamin Moore’s Light Pewter: The specs

Benjamin Moore’s Light Pewter has an LRV of 67.52. If you’re looking for a lighter paint color for your property’s exterior but don’t want to go with a white or off-white, Light Pewter is a great option. (Curious about LRV? Learn more here, including why LRV is so important to keep in mind when choosing the perfect paint color for your home.)

There’s no need to worry about undertones because Light Pewter is a true neutral. This makes it a highly versatile exterior paint color.

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traditional ranch style home with gray stone cladding on the bottom half and a light greige on the top half

Recommended applications for Light Pewter

We like to use Light Pewter on homes that also have organic materials, like wood and stone. It’s a great color to balance difference textures and mixed materials on a façade. Our designers use Light Pewter as both a central color and accent color because of its versatility. We’ve recommended this hue for all sorts of different home styles, including everything from traditional to Spanish-style homes.

traditional stucco home with copper gutters and black windows,

Light Pewter color pairings

The options for color pairings for Light Pewter are quite wide. Our designers tend to pair Light Pewter with crisp whites, blacks, and the aforementioned natural materials. Blues and greens are doable in the right hues. Colors like Benjamin Moore’s Westcott Navy or Mohegan Sage (two of our top Benjamin Moore exterior paint colors of the year), for example, are beautiful complementary colors to Light Pewter.

Spanish hacienda style home with stone cladding, Bahama shutters, black windows, and tropical landscaping

Above, our designers used Light Pewter as the home’s field color on the stucco paired with Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams on the trim. The lighter shade as the central color allows the stone to stand out more as an architectural element. The use of Bahama shutters gives the home a breezy and relaxed feel while a wood door freshens the entry. Additionally, copper gutters, black windows, and a modern front gate make for a lovely transformation to this Mediterranean-style home.

one story, mid-century modern home with organic and natural materials throughout, porch swings, lush landscaping, and light wood lap

Outdoor entertaining has never been prettier. Working with the existing blue-gray hue on the fence, our designers used Light Pewter as this home’s field color with Snow White by Benjamin Moore on the trim. We selected black accents to use sparingly and intentionally, letting the landscaping ground the overall design. Next, we recommended a refreshing light-stained wood lap siding, along with matching Bahama shutters and fence doors. The light color of the wood keeps the home feeling bright and airy, even coastal. Large, unique pendant lighting on the porch continues the inclusion of organic materials throughout this home’s exterior design.

simple cottage with a modern wood door, bay windows, and two dormer windows.

Pros and cons of Light Pewter by Benjamin Moore

PROS:

  • A true neutral with virtually no notable undertones
  • Can be used as a central or accent color
  • Suits many home styles 

CONS:

  • Color pairings are limited to certain hues, but not necessarily restricting
  • Has the potential to reflect its surrounding environment (e.g., green in trees or a lawn)

Alternatives to Light Pewter

Below are a couple alternatives to Light Pewter to provide more options that are similar, but that might appeal more to your taste or may work better for your property.

large stucco home with wood soffits, a tall portico, and stone skirting.

Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter

We must compare Light Pewter to Revere Pewter as Revere Pewter is almost infamous in the paint color world. After all, it’s one of Benjamin Moore’s bestselling paint colors.

First and foremost, Revere Pewter is a darker greige, with an LRV of 55. However, Revere Pewter is elegant, still classic, and very much an easy color to work with. Its lower LRV also means the potential for reflecting the surrounding environment is less, meaning it may even be more versatile than Light Pewter in application. Still considered a neutral, like Light Pewter, Revere Pewter is neither warm or cool. However, late afternoon sun will make it appear warmer, which is something to keep in mind. If you want to use blues and greens in an exterior color scheme with Revere Pewter that can work, but we recommend sticking with darker versions of both.

light greige farmhouse with brick and vertical lap siding, a large porch, sand and paver walkway, and wood accents

Benjamin Moore’s Pale Oak

Looking for something a tad lighter? Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore is a warm taupe-greige that’s lighter than Light Pewter, but still has some depth. Its LRV is 69.89, and, in some cases, it can appear as an off-white. Color pairings for Pale Oak are almost identical to those of Light Pewter; consider stained wood tones, blues, greens, blacks, and even browns for complementing shades.

two story home with black windows and lintels, simple rectangular planters, and copper gutters.

The bottom line on Light Pewter by Benjamin Moore

Light Pewter is a gorgeous greige for a classic home exterior. Its neutral profile makes it versatile enough to be paired with more daring colors like greens and blues. Furthermore, it looks great on a variety of architectural styles, including cottages and contemporary homes. Light Pewter can be used to create a sophisticated and refined feel or a light, easy aesthetic. Whatever your preference, Light Pewter by Benjamin Moore is a great exterior color to consider incorporating into your home exterior design.

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Author

Originally from Tennessee, Ami currently lives in South Carolina, which has been home since leaving the military in 2016. Interior and exterior design has always intrigued Ami, especially the styles and characteristics seen in other countries as an avid traveler and photographer. She lives for the renewal of older or historic homes that maintain their character, and regularly creates her own mood boards and virtual designs for inspiration or to help others with their spaces. Having always had a passion for design and following their work for years prior, Ami was excited to be brought onto brick&batten’s team of writers. Her writing endeavors actually started in an academic/scientific setting, then in a regulatory aspect. Writing about paint colors, emerging or current trends in exterior design, and so much more revolving around something she’s always enjoyed was a fun and welcomed change!