Country Life (BM 1490)
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Country Life (BM 1490) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 15.7, so it reflects about 16 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Country Life
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Country Life by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Country Life, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Eclipse | SW 6166 | 14 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Gladiator Gray | N370-6 | 14.8 | 2.1 | very close |
| Valspar | City Arboretum | 6006-4C | 14 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | King's Court | 1032-6 | 15 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Country Life (LRV 15.7) by LRV.
Lighter than Country Life
Darker than Country Life
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1490 |
| Hex | #6E6958 |
| RGB | 110, 105, 88 |
| HSL | 46°, 11%, 39% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 15.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 44.4, -1.2, 10.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Country Life (BM 1490), published as #6E6958
#5F6057
#7D7258
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Country Life (BM 1490)?
- Country Life has an LRV of 15.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Country Life is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Country Life in another brand?
- Eclipse (SW 6166) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Country Life warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Country Life as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.3; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.