Northwood Brown
Northwood Brown is a genuinely dark Brown from Benjamin Moore. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to anchor a room without demanding the spotlight. Below, you'll find 1 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#6F6151
LRV
13.41
Northwood Brown in Real Rooms
Northwood Brown has a low LRV of 13.41 — it absorbs light and reads as a genuinely dark, enveloping color. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Brown and Neutral family, the photos below show it applied in a house.
1 House Photo
When choosing Northwood Brown for an exterior, you are opting for a color that respects the landscape. It feels like it grew out of the earth rather than being dropped onto it, creating a harmonious relationship between the architecture and the garden.
Exterior siding painted Northwood Brown enhances traditional home character.
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Coordinating Colors
Spanish White reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 13), opening up a space where Northwood Brown encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 13, Garden Path is decisively the brighter choice.
Maple Syrup reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 13), opening up a space where Northwood Brown encloses it.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 13), opening up a space where Northwood Brown encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (13 vs 10) makes Northwood Brown the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Providence Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 31 vs 13, Van Courtland Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Blue Spruce reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (22 vs 13) makes Normandy the marginally brighter of the two.
Feather Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 13), opening up a space where Northwood Brown encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (24 vs 13) makes Bachelor Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Fairview Taupe reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Stampede reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Beachcomber reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chocolate Velvet reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
A 3-point LRV gap (13 vs 10) makes Northwood Brown the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Northwood Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.