Backwoods

With an LRV of about 12, Backwoods absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Backwoods in other brands

• Glade Creek Kelly-Moore KM3880-5 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• Moss Green Plascon URP5 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pine Bluff MyPerfectColor MP14819 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Oase 40 Caparol 3D Oase 40 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.3
• Benjamin Powell House Green Pratt & Lambert CW420 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.5
• Kew Gardens Nerolac 4434 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• In Benjamin Moore CSP-805 Grayish Green
• Chimichurri Benjamin Moore CSP-810 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Backwoods warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.4 and a value of -7.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Backwoods?

Glade Creek (KM3880-5), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Backwoods?

≈ 12. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.