Green
Benjamin Moore 236
- HEX
- #A38E67
- RGB
- 163, 142, 103
- LAB
- 60.0, 2.1, 23.7
- LRV
- ≈ 28
- Family
- Orange, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 1020 Olive Yellow
With an LRV of about 28, Green 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.
Green in other brands
- Khaki Moss Glidden 30YY 27/226 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
- Natural Touch Nippon Paint NP BGG 1716D Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
- Kambucha Brown Jotun 12325 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
- Toasted Sesame Johnstone's Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
- Rattan Basket Dunn-Edwards DE6201 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
- Garden Salt Green Behr S320-6 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
- Protanopia Reads as yellow
- 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 Green warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 23.7 and a value of 2.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Glidden color to Green?
Khaki Moss (30YY 27/226), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Green?
≈ 28. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.