Vintage Vogue (BM 462) vs Backwoods (BM 469)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 11.9 vs 12.7.
- Warmer
- Backwoods, both green-gray (Lab b* 8.4 vs 7.1).
- North rooms
- Backwoods keeps more brightness (L* 36.3 vs 34.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Paper Mache BM AF-25, #F0F0E3, LRV 84.6: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.4, noticeably different. At 2.4, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
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Vintage Vogue
More comparisons with Vintage Vogue
Vintage Vogue (BM 462) is about as light as Backwoods (BM 469) and slightly cooler: LRV 11.9 vs 12.7, deltaE 2.4 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Vintage Vogue | Backwoods | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Benjamin Moore | |
| Color code | 462 | 469 | |
| Hex | #565D4F | #586251 | |
| RGB | 86, 93, 79 | 88, 98, 81 | |
| HSL | 90°, 8%, 34% | 95°, 9%, 35% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 11.9 | 12.7 | −0.8 |
| Lab L* | 38.5 | 40.3 | −1.8 |
| Lab a* | -5.6 | -7.4 | +1.8 |
| Lab b* | 7.1 | 8.4 | −1.3 |
| Undertone | Cool Green | Cool Green | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Green | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Vintage Vogue (BM 462), published as #565D4F
#47544E
#65664F
Backwoods (BM 469), published as #586251
#495950
#676B51
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Backwoods (BM 469) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.8 LRV points lighter (12.7 vs 11.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Vintage Vogue (BM 462) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 7.1 against 8.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Backwoods (BM 469) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.4), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Vintage Vogue in other brands
Closest matches to Backwoods in other brands
Common questions
- Is Vintage Vogue the same color as Backwoods?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.4. Most people can see the difference between Vintage Vogue and Backwoods side by side.
- Which is lighter, Vintage Vogue or Backwoods?
- Backwoods, with an LRV of 12.7 against 11.9.
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Sources: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). 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.