Groundhog Day
Benjamin Moore's Groundhog Day is a brown shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. An LRV of 50.6 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
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50.59
Coordinating Colors
Steam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Groundhog Day encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 51, Bayshore Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Groundhog Day reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 19), opening up a space where Carob encloses it.
Collector's Item reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 51), opening up a space where Groundhog Day encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Crossroads reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 52 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Lighter Colors
Crossroads reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 12-point LRV gap (62 vs 51) makes White Oaks the marginally brighter of the two.
Boudoir reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (56 vs 51) makes Milk Shake the marginally brighter of the two.
Burlap reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
At LRV 51 vs 35, Groundhog Day is decisively the brighter choice.
Groundhog Day reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (51 vs 42) makes Groundhog Day the marginally brighter of the two.
Groundhog Day reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (51 vs 43) makes Groundhog Day the marginally brighter of the two.
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Manufacturer description
Soothing notes of orange and rosy brown mingle to create this laid-back hue.