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Benjamin Moore  Classics® Collection  Greens

Raintree Green

A mid-tone, muted olive. Tinted at the counter in the Benjamin Moore lines below, while you wait.

1496LRV 32Exterior approved

On the wall at Raintree: Classics, right bay, bottom band

Reading

LRV is how much light a color reflects, from 0 for black to 100 for pure white.

At LRV 32 it absorbs roughly two-thirds of the light that falls on it, which is where a wall facing the afternoon sun starts to get hot.

Aura Exterior and Element Guard hold their color in our sun at this depth. The wall that takes the afternoon sun is where fading shows first.

It works across a whole room with good south-facing windows, and as a single wall, a cabinet body or an accent anywhere else.

Matte or eggshell on walls; satin holds up better on garage doors and high-touch trim. Flat on exterior stucco.

Master Color Index

Code
1496
Collection
Benjamin Moore Classics® Collection
Family
Greens
LRV (official)
32
Exterior
Approved for exterior use
Tints in
Every Benjamin Moore line we carry

Also known as

Same paint, published under one more code in other Benjamin Moore collections.

Works on

  • — Exterior body — within all of the Scottsdale and Paradise Valley limits, and the Arizona HOA sweet spot
  • — Garage doors and exterior accents
  • — Feature and accent walls
  • — Cabinet bodies

On the wall

A stucco front, saguaros along the walk, shown in Raintree Green
A stucco front, saguaros along the walk
A ranch house with a front porch, shown in Raintree Green
A ranch house with a front porch
A pueblo-style front, saguaro at the corner, shown in Raintree Green
A pueblo-style front, saguaro at the corner
A living room, steel windows to the desert, shown in Raintree Green
A living room, steel windows to the desert
A living room under a vaulted ceiling, shown in Raintree Green
A living room under a vaulted ceiling
A great room with a stone fireplace, shown in Raintree Green
A great room with a stone fireplace

Get it mixed

Every line below tints to 1496. Pick the one that matches the surface.

Neighbors

Two steps lighter, two steps darker, and the one it gets confused with. Ranked by measured color distance.

  • Cypress Green509LRV 35Three points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Greens.
  • Dry Sage2142-40LRV 35Three points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Greens.
  • Thayer GreenCSP-825LRV 29Three points darker and warmer. Also in Greens.
  • Bed of Ferns1511LRV 28Four points darker and warmer. Also in Greens.
  • Louisburg GreenHC-113LRV 34The closest color in the catalog by measured distance. Two points lighter at about the same warmth.

Questions

  • Will it look like this on my wall?

    Not exactly. Screens vary and paint shifts with the light in the room. Pick up a sample before you commit to a wall — put it up for a full day so you see it in morning light, afternoon light and lamplight before the gallons get tinted.

  • Is it approved for my HOA?

    That depends on your community, not on the color alone. Search your HOA to see its approved palette, then bring the scheme in and we will tell you how Raintree Green compares. Committees approve colors, not brands, so a Benjamin Moore can is fine as long as the color matches the approved sheet.

  • Which line for a west-facing exterior?

    Aura Exterior or Element Guard. At this depth the wall gets hot enough that the quality of the paint decides how long the color holds.

  • Can you match it in another brand?

    We tint Benjamin Moore. 1496 is a native Benjamin Moore formula, so there is nothing to approximate here — it comes out of the machine as published. If you have a Dunn‑Edwards code, Benjamin Moore already has that formula too. For a chip or a lid with no code, bring it in and we will read it and tell you how close we can get.