Friar's Brown (PPG 1024-7)
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Friar's Brown (PPG 1024-7) is a very deep, warm brown from PPG Paints: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Friar's Brown
Three PPG Paints colors picked for Friar's Brown by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Friar's Brown, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Best Bronze | SW 6160 | 9 | 1.0 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Char Brown | 2137-20 | 9.3 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Eagle Rock | S-H-730 | 8.7 | 1.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Harvest Brown | 6009-2 | 10 | 2.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints brown colors nearest to Friar's Brown (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Friar's Brown
Darker than Friar's Brown
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1024-7 |
| Hex | #5E5241 |
| RGB | 94, 82, 65 |
| HSL | 35°, 18%, 31% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.6, 2.0, 11.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Friar's Brown (PPG 1024-7), published as #5E5241
#504940
#6C5B40
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Friar's Brown (PPG 1024-7)?
- Friar's Brown has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Friar's Brown is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Friar's Brown in another brand?
- Best Bronze (SW 6160) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Friar's Brown warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Friar's Brown as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.