Beaver Brown
Benjamin Moore's Beaver Brown is a red shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 9.1 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#744539LRV
9.05
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 80 vs 9, Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Satin reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 9), opening up a space where Beaver Brown encloses it.
Violetta reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 9), opening up a space where Beaver Brown encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 9, Iced Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 25 vs 9, Aegean Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
Blue Lace reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 9), opening up a space where Beaver Brown encloses it.
Providence Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 31 vs 9, Van Courtland Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Nocturnal Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Blue Spruce reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
Amaretto reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Abbey Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Arizona Canyon reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 23 vs 9, Fox Run is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
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Manufacturer description
A lustrous red-meets-brown that confers a wholesome, outdoorsy quality to any space.