Chestnut
Benjamin Moore's Chestnut is a red shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 8.8 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
#703E3CLRV
8.76
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 83 vs 9, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Acapulco Sand reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 9), opening up a space where Chestnut encloses it.
At LRV 33 vs 9, Ashley Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 25 vs 9, Aegean Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
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
A 6-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Garrison Red the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (13 vs 9) makes Hearth Red the marginally brighter of the two.
Southwest Pottery reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 22 vs 9, Texas Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
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Manufacturer description
A classic reddish brown that recalls stately old barns.