Brown

With an LRV of about 11, 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

• Aging Barrel Behr PPU5-02 Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
• Mocha Mousse Kelly-Moore KM3944-5 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Stucco Wall Plascon O6-E1-2 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mocha Johnstone's Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Coffee House Glidden PPG1077-7 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Coffee House PPG 1077-7 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Fallen Benjamin Moore 994 Brown
• Café Benjamin Moore CSP-210 Dark Brown

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 10.3 and a value of 3.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Brown?

Aging Barrel (PPU5-02), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Brown?

≈ 11. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.