Trailing Vines (BM 1505)
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Trailing Vines (BM 1505) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 13.5, so it reflects about 14 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Trailing Vines
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Trailing Vines 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 Trailing Vines, 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 | 2.2 | very close |
| Behr | Mountain Olive | N350-7A | 12.2 | 1.7 | very close |
| Valspar | City Arboretum | 6006-4C | 14 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Double Duty | 1030-7 | 14 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Trailing Vines (LRV 13.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Trailing Vines
Darker than Trailing Vines
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1505 |
| Hex | #696753 |
| RGB | 105, 103, 83 |
| HSL | 55°, 12%, 37% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 13.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 43.3, -2.9, 11.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Trailing Vines (BM 1505), published as #696753
#5A5E52
#787052
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Trailing Vines (BM 1505)?
- Trailing Vines has an LRV of 13.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Trailing Vines is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Trailing Vines in another brand?
- City Arboretum (Valspar 6006-4C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Trailing Vines warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Trailing Vines as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.6; 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.