Patchwork Plum (SW 0022)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Patchwork Plum (SW 0022) is a very deep, neutral pink from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 16, so it reflects about 16 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Patchwork Plum
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Patchwork Plum by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper pink, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Patchwork Plum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Mink Violet | 1252 | 15.9 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Raisin In The Sun | N120-6 | 15.9 | 1.6 | very close |
| Valspar | Smoked Mulberry | 1004-7B | 17 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Granite Boulder | 1015-6 | 17 | 3.7 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams pink colors nearest to Patchwork Plum (LRV 16) by LRV.
Lighter than Patchwork Plum
Darker than Patchwork Plum
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 0022 |
| Hex | #7E696A |
| RGB | 126, 105, 106 |
| HSL | 357°, 9%, 45% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 16 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 46.4, 8.5, 2.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Red |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Pink |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Patchwork Plum (SW 0022), published as #7E696A
#6F6068
#8D726A
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Sherwin-Williams
More from Sherwin-Williams
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Patchwork Plum (SW 0022)?
- Patchwork Plum has an LRV of 16. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Patchwork Plum is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Patchwork Plum in another brand?
- Mink Violet (BM 1252) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Patchwork Plum warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Patchwork Plum as neutral, with a Warm Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 2.6; 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.