Rainforest Foliage vs Duck Green
Where Rainforest Foliage belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Duck Green is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Rainforest Foliage belongs to the green family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (9 vs 8), so they'll read as similarly Dark in most lighting conditions. Rainforest Foliage runs green while Duck Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.5, 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 Duck Green in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Rainforest Foliage and Duck Green 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 temperature contrast between Duck Green and Rainforest Foliage is what sets these apart most in this context.
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. Rainforest Foliage reads more restrained here, while Duck Green adds a sense of enclosure and warmth.
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. Duck Green brings more warmth to the space, while Rainforest Foliage keeps things cooler and crisper.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Duck Green brings more warmth to the space, while Rainforest Foliage keeps things cooler and crisper.
Color Details
Rainforest Foliage vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rainforest Foliage on one side and Duck Green 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.
Bancha reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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.
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.