Annapolis Green

It has just enough green cast to have a personality, and just little enough to stay out of the way. Annapolis Green is Benjamin Moore's 687.

At chroma 6.5 the green cast shows up against a neutral background and disappears against anything with stronger colour. The green cast is more noticeable under cool, daylight-balanced bulbs than under standard warm ones, which tend to mute it.

At this LRV (61.3), a room reads as neither bright-white nor dim - a genuinely middle-of-the-road amount of light comes back off the wall. Works as a backdrop for artwork, furniture, or anything else in the room that is meant to stand out more than the walls do.

For a secondary wall, Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse gives a natural step up in brightness without feeling like a mismatch (roughly 29 LRV points apart).

Switching brands, Vista Paint Déjà Vu (0469) is the closest equivalent at delta-E 1.15, near enough for most rooms. 4 other-brand colors land within delta-E 2 of this one - a well-populated part of the spectrum with several near-equivalents to choose from. Eggshell is a common middle ground here - enough durability for a lived-in room without the sheen that would draw attention to wall imperfections.

It is lighter than 73 percent of the Benjamin Moore range. Light reflectance this exact is unusual: 1 color in the whole catalog measure within a point of 61.3. Among grays it is one of the strongest: only 1 percent of them carry more colour. Benjamin Moore lists it in the 600 series, alongside 96 other colors.