Brown

With an LRV of about 10, 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

• Timbuktu C2 Paint C2-614 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Breakfast Blend Behr 280F-7 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Dark Earth Valspar 3011-8 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• TVT N463 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Baby Bear Kelly-Moore KM4561-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Chocolate Truffle Glidden PPG15-13 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Sedona Benjamin Moore 1127 Brown
• Taupe Benjamin Moore 2110-10 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 15.8 and a value of 7.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Brown?

Timbuktu (C2-614), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Brown?

≈ 10. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.