Bittergreen
Benjamin Moore's Bittergreen is a brown shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. An LRV of 18.2 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#866F4BLRV
18.22
Coordinating Colors
From the Archives reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 18), opening up a space where Bittergreen encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 18, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Driftscape Tan reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 18), opening up a space where Bittergreen encloses it.
Stoneware reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 18), opening up a space where Bittergreen encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 18 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Normandy the marginally brighter of the two.
Feather Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 18), opening up a space where Bittergreen encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (24 vs 18) makes Bachelor Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (30 vs 18) makes Chiswell Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (28 vs 18) makes Mineral Alloy the marginally brighter of the two.
Coastline reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 18), opening up a space where Bittergreen encloses it.
At LRV 36 vs 18, Comet is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Edgewood Rocks the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 10-point LRV gap (28 vs 18) makes Green Tea the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (29 vs 18) makes Woodstock Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
Hillcrest Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 18 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (18 vs 15) makes Bittergreen the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (18 vs 14) makes Bittergreen the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (18 vs 15) makes Bittergreen the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 18 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Wild greens, uninhibited in their natural state, give us this shade of raw green.