Backwoods
There is more to Benjamin Moore Backwoods (469) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. Its LRV of 12.7 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#586251LRV
12.68
Backwoods in Rooms
Follow Backwoods from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 12 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Backwoods (469) can change noticeably under light moving across doors, rails and recessed panels. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Minimal kitchen cabinetry in Backwoods complements clean, contemporary design.
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Green kitchen cabinets in Backwoods add understated elegance to the workspace.
@the.hydrangea.haus
8 Misc Photos
Backwoods (469) can change noticeably under the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Storage pieces painted in Backwoods showcase this versatile, muted green.
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1 Kitchen Photo
In a hardworking room where color meets movement and strong surfaces, the most interesting quality of Backwoods (469) may be the way it responds to stone, timber, tile and metal finishes. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
The kitchen island in Backwoods anchors this cooking area with calm authority.
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1 Mudroom Photo
Backwoods (469) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under doorway light and the softer illumination of an internal passage.
Mudroom cabinets in Backwoods keep laundry storage both functional and stylish.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 83 vs 13, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Fieldstone reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 13), opening up a space where Backwoods encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 13, Dune White is decisively the brighter choice.
Boothbay Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 13), opening up a space where Backwoods encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Iris Bliss reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 13), opening up a space where Backwoods encloses it.
Wild Orchid reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 13), opening up a space where Backwoods encloses it.
Carolina Plum reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 13), opening up a space where Backwoods encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (13 vs 6) makes Backwoods the marginally brighter of the two.
Easter Ribbon reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 13), opening up a space where Backwoods encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 8-point LRV gap (21 vs 13) makes Avon Green the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes In the Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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Manufacturer description
A blackened shade of forest green that bares a hint of welcoming warmth.