Benjamin Moore  Classics® Collection  Greens

Baby Turtle

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

515LRV 40Exterior approved

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

Reading

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

At LRV 40 it absorbs roughly three-fifths 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
515
Collection
Benjamin Moore Classics® Collection
Family
Greens
LRV (official)
40
Exterior
Approved for exterior use
Tints in
Every Benjamin Moore line we carry

Also known as

No alias codes. 515 publishes in the Benjamin Moore Classics® Collection only.

Works on

  • — Exterior body: outside the Scottsdale and Paradise Valley limits
  • — Garage doors and exterior accents
  • — Feature and accent walls
  • — Cabinet bodies

On the wall

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

Get it mixed

Every line below tints to 515. Pick the one that matches the surface.

Neighbors

Two steps lighter, two steps darker, and the color most often mistaken for it. Ranked by measured color distance.

  • Mosaic Tile1517LRV 44Four points lighter and cooler. Also in Greens.
  • Georgian GreenHC-115LRV 45Five points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Greens.
  • Olive Branch2143-30LRV 33Seven points darker at about the same warmth. Also in Greens.
  • Old Salem GrayHC-94LRV 32Eight points darker at about the same warmth. Also in Greens.
  • Danville TanHC-91LRV 41The closest color in the catalog by measured distance. One point 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. Before you commit, put a sample on the wall for a full day. See it in morning light, afternoon light and lamplight before the gallons are tinted.

  • Is it approved for my HOA?

    It depends on your community. Search your HOA to see its approved palette, then bring the scheme in and we will tell you how Baby Turtle compares. Committees approve the color. The brand on the can is not part of the approval, so Benjamin Moore 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. 515 is a Benjamin Moore formula, so nothing is approximated; it is mixed exactly 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. We will read it and tell you how close we can get.