Sweet Basil
There is more to Benjamin Moore Sweet Basil (455) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. Its LRV of 13.5 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. 6 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
Hex
#56664ELRV
13.51
Sweet Basil in Rooms
Follow Sweet Basil from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 6 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Living Room Photos
Sweet Basil (455) brings its green character into a space shaped by conversation, quiet evenings and changing daylight. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Living room walls in Sweet Basil establish a peaceful, grounded atmosphere.
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Sweet Basil walls create an inviting, serene living room environment.
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Rooms painted Sweet Basil radiate a calm, nature-inspired aesthetic.
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2 Misc Photos
In an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, the most interesting quality of Sweet Basil (455) may be the way it responds to a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes. Its green undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Walls finished in Sweet Basil deliver a soft, sophisticated green.
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Painted surfaces in Sweet Basil showcase a gentle, versatile hue.
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1 Bathroom Photo
1 bathroom image trace Sweet Basil (455) through the contrast between bright mornings and quieter evening light. Catalog words such as Grounding, Moody, Rich offer another lens on its character.
Bathroom walls in Sweet Basil bring a fresh, understated elegance.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 71 vs 14, November Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
Gray Wisp reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 14), opening up a space where Sweet Basil encloses it.
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 14), opening up a space where Sweet Basil encloses it.
Swiss Coffee reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 14), opening up a space where Sweet Basil encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 15 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Iris Bliss reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 14), opening up a space where Sweet Basil encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Sweet Basil the marginally brighter of the two.
Wild Orchid reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Carolina Plum reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 14), opening up a space where Sweet Basil encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Sweet Basil the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (14 vs 6) makes Sweet Basil the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
A 7-point LRV gap (21 vs 14) makes Avon Green the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (18 vs 14) makes In the Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
Pinelands reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Sweet Basil the marginally brighter of the two.
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Manufacturer description
Warm and robust, this deep forest green hue stirs the senses.