Brush Beige
Benjamin Moore's Brush Beige 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. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#B8A387LRV
38.26
Coordinating Colors
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 38), opening up a space where Brush Beige encloses it.
Prentis Cream reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 38), opening up a space where Brush Beige encloses it.
Bracken Biscuit reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 38), opening up a space where Brush Beige encloses it.
Odessa Pink reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 38), opening up a space where Brush Beige encloses it.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 38 vs 14, Brush Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Brush Beige reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 17), opening up a space where Blue Spruce encloses it.
At LRV 38 vs 22, Brush Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Feather Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 38), opening up a space where Brush Beige encloses it.
At LRV 38 vs 24, Brush Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (38 vs 30) makes Brush Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (38 vs 28) makes Brush Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (42 vs 38) makes Pensive the marginally brighter of the two.
Kangaroo reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 12-point LRV gap (50 vs 38) makes Brick House Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 38 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 11-point LRV gap (49 vs 38) makes Shabby Chic the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
At LRV 38 vs 22, Brush Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Brush Beige reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 25), opening up a space where Hillcrest Tan encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (38 vs 29) makes Brush Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
Brush Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Elegant and understated, Brush Beige is a mixture of naturally occurring pigments commonly used in the 18th century.