Benjamin Moore Forest Floor 1498

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Benjamin Moore Forest Floor for bathroom (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore 1498 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Forest Floor reviews (3 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Forest Floor undertones?
Is Forest Floor 1498 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Forest Floor
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Forest Floor 1498
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Forest Floor 1498
Code:	1498
Name:	Forest Floor
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Forest Floor?

Benjamin Moore Forest Floor 1498 is a muted, mid-depth green-gray with an earthy olive cast. Its low saturation keeps it grounded rather than overtly green, giving walls a quiet, natural presence. In warm daylight or lamplight, the olive undertone becomes more noticeable; cooler light can draw out its gray side. Forest Floor suits studies, mudrooms, dining rooms, and cabinetry where a deeper neutral is wanted without using charcoal or brown. Pair it with warm white trim, weathered oak, aged brass, linen, and clay-toned accents for a layered, material-focused interior.

Benjamin Moore 1498 for bathroom

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm dark green real bathrooms.

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Benjamin Moore 1498 on kitchen cabinets

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm green hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

Benjamin Moore Forest Floor kitchen cabinets

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Benjamin Moore Forest Floor reviews (3 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Forest Floor undertones?

Forest Floor reads as a dark, very muted olive-green with a low-saturation, gray-leaning character. In the supplied digital sample, its subtle relative bias leans yellow-green, though that shift is restrained rather than strongly pronounced. Benjamin Moore describes it as “an olive green so dark and muted, it almost resembles a charcoal gray,” which aligns with its visibly subdued green family and near-gray depth. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its olive warmth, while cool daylight can make its gray-green side appear more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#626451

RGB code:

98, 100, 81

Is Benjamin Moore Forest Floor cool or warm?

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cool

With a hue of 66°, this dark green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

1498 Forest Floor HSL code: 66, 10%, 35%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Forest Floor

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this dark green shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Forest Floor:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Forest Floor with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 246, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and French Violet.

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LRV of Forest Floor

Forest Floor has an LRV of 13.57% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 13.57%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#626451
RGB Decimal	98, 100, 81
RGB Percent	38.43%, 39.22%, 31.76%
HSV	Hue: 66° Saturation: 19.0% Value: 39.22%
HSL	hsl(66, 10, 35)
CMYK	Cyan: 2.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 19.0 Key: 60.78
YIQ	Y: 97.236 I: 4.914 Q: -6.336
XYZ	X: 11.079 Y: 12.305 Z: 9.574
CIE Lab	L:41.697 a:-4.449 b:10.543
CIE Luv	L:41.697 u:-0.18 v:13.679
Decimal	6448209
Hunter Lab	35.079, -5.011, 8.373