Birchwood
Benjamin Moore's Birchwood is a brown shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#A47B64LRV
23.17
Coordinating Colors
White Sand reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 23), opening up a space where Birchwood encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 23, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Crossroads reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 23), opening up a space where Birchwood encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 23 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
Baywood Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Gaucho Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (30 vs 23) makes Serengeti Sand the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 23 and 20, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 8-point LRV gap (23 vs 15) makes Birchwood the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 23 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
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Manufacturer description
Warm and cozy notes define this versatile mid-tone.