Eclipse
What Eclipse Actually Looks Like
Eclipse is a deep blue-gray that reads darker than its light reflectance value suggests. In a well-lit south- or west-facing room with strong daylight, the color shows its richest, most saturated side. Pull it into lower light or a north-facing space and it can feel almost charcoal, close to black at the edges of the room. It is not a subtle color. It commits.
Eclipse Undertones
The dominant undertone is cool blue, and it is active enough to influence everything around it. Adjacent white trim can pick up a faint blue-cool cast. Light flooring in a warm wood tone will read warmer by contrast, which can work in your favor. Cool LED lighting flattens the color and pushes it toward a dull slate. Warm incandescent or warm-white LED bulbs soften it and bring out more blue-gray depth. Pay close attention to your bulb temperature before you decide.
Where Eclipse Works Best
Eclipse earns its place as a feature wall or a single-room accent rather than an all-over wrap. A study, home office, dining room, bedroom, or bathroom are the natural fits. Those are contained spaces where a deep, dramatic color can do its job without overwhelming a whole floor plan. If you want to use it on all four walls, keep the room well lit and make sure trim and ceiling stay light enough to give the eye somewhere to rest.
Where to put Eclipse
A north-facing home office is where Eclipse works hardest. The color creates a focused, contained atmosphere that a lot of people find easier to concentrate in. Keep the ceiling white and bring in warm-toned task lighting to stop the room from feeling cold. A single window with direct light during part of the day will show the color at its richest.
Dining rooms are often used in the evening under artificial light, which actually suits Eclipse well. Warm bulbs pull a softer, more layered blue-gray out of it. Pair it with a lighter ceiling and white or off-white trim so the walls feel like an intentional backdrop rather than a cave.
Eclipse on a single accent wall behind the bed gives a bedroom a grounded, restful quality without committing the whole room to a deep shade. In a bedroom that gets strong morning light, expect the color to shift through the day from its deepest, moodiest version at night to a more open blue-gray by mid-morning.
A small bathroom with good overhead lighting is a smart place to test Eclipse. The contained square footage keeps the drama in check, and the color reads as deliberate rather than heavy. Warm-toned light fixtures matter here more than in larger rooms. Cool vanity lights will push it flat.
What to Pair With Eclipse
Because no Benjamin Moore coordinating colors are assigned to Eclipse in our database, pair suggestions here are based on the color's observed behavior. Work with what Eclipse already does: its cool blue-gray base wants clean whites, warm natural textures, and metals that anchor rather than compete.
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Colors that clash with Eclipse
Cool-temperature LEDs strip the depth out of Eclipse and push it toward a flat, lifeless slate. The blue undertone amplifies under cool light in a way that is rarely flattering.
If your existing trim has a strong cream or yellow cast, Eclipse's cool blue undertone will fight it. The contrast can feel jarring rather than grounded.
Wrapping all four walls in Eclipse in a north-facing or naturally dim room can push the space into territory that feels oppressive rather than moody.
Common questions
The precise LRV is 20.01, which puts Eclipse firmly in the dark range. Colors below 25 absorb significantly more light than they reflect, and Eclipse behaves accordingly. In some lighting conditions it reads even darker than that number suggests, so sample it on your actual wall before committing.
Those render directly from our color spec block on this page. No need to hunt for them elsewhere.
Yes, Eclipse 2132-40 is available in both interior and exterior lines. For interior walls, a matte or eggshell finish tends to support the depth of the color. A higher sheen will reflect more light and can make the blue undertone more pronounced.
It depends on the room. As a feature wall or in a contained space like a study or bathroom, all-over coverage can work well. In a larger or darker room, one or two accent walls with a light ceiling and trim will keep the space from feeling closed in. Test a large sample on the actual wall and look at it at different times of day and under your artificial lighting before deciding.
Both are deep blue-grays with cool undertones and sit in a similar depth range. Grizzle Gray is a widely available cross-brand reference if you want to pull chips from both brands and compare them in your actual space. There will be differences in undertone and finish behavior, so sample both before making a final call.