Brown

With an LRV of about 9, Brown 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.

Brown in other brands

• Bird House Brown Glidden PPG1072-7 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Bird House Brown PPG 1072-7 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Evolution Hallman Lindsay 130 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Soul of the Earth Vista K-1064 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Turkish Coffee Kelly-Moore KM4519-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Valrhona Cocoa MyPerfectColor MP5132 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Butternut Benjamin Moore 2095-30 Brown
• Terrazzo Benjamin Moore CSP-360 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Brown warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 15.3 and a value of 13.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Brown?

Bird House Brown (PPG1072-7), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Brown?

≈ 9. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.