Buckhorn

With an LRV of about 18, Buckhorn 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.

Buckhorn in other brands

• Mudslide Behr BXC-05 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Le Chateau Brown Glidden 20YY 18/140 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sandy Shoes Hallman Lindsay 199 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Brunette Jotun 1258 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Sandy Shoes Vista C-198 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Colusa Wetlands Kelly-Moore KM5761-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Taupe Benjamin Moore CSP-260 Orange
• Hope Benjamin Moore CSP-1050 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 Buckhorn warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.0 and a value of 3.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Buckhorn?

Mudslide (BXC-05), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Buckhorn?

≈ 18. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.