Brown Sugar
There is more to Benjamin Moore Brown Sugar (2112-20) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#564942LRV
8.03
Coordinating Colors
Icicle reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 8), opening up a space where Brown Sugar encloses it.
Gray Mirage reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 8), opening up a space where Brown Sugar encloses it.
At LRV 33 vs 8, Ashley Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 8, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 25 vs 8, Aegean Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
Blue Lace reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 8), opening up a space where Brown Sugar encloses it.
Providence Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 31 vs 8, Van Courtland Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (14 vs 8) makes Nocturnal Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Blue Spruce reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 11 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A blackish brown that evokes the smoky richness of molasses.