Rainforest Foliage vs Bancha
Where Rainforest Foliage belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Rainforest Foliage belongs to the green family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Bancha (LRV 13) reflects noticeably more light than Rainforest Foliage (LRV 9), a difference of 4 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Rainforest Foliage runs green while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 26.4, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rainforest Foliage vs Bancha in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Rainforest Foliage and Bancha in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The brightness difference is modest but present — Bancha gives the walls a little more lift.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Bancha has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Bancha reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Bancha reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Rainforest Foliage vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rainforest Foliage on one side and Bancha on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Rainforest Foliage comparisons
See how Rainforest Foliage stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 9, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
Rainforest Foliage reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 9, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 9, Evergreen Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 9, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
Denim Drift reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 9, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (9 vs 4) makes Rainforest Foliage the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 9, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 21 vs 9, Artichoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 9, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 12 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 9, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 12 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 9), opening up a space where Rainforest Foliage encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 9, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room.