Warm Brownie
Benjamin Moore's Warm Brownie is a red shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 12.8 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#7E554ALRV
12.84
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 72 vs 13, Ocean Air is decisively the brighter choice.
Sand Dollar reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 13), opening up a space where Warm Brownie encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 13, Ice Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 13, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 25 vs 13, Aegean Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
Blue Lace reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 13), opening up a space where Warm Brownie encloses it.
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.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mountain Retreat reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Drenched Sienna reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Warm Brownie reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Warm Brownie the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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Manufacturer description
With its slight hint of red, this brown has just the right amount of richness.