Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846)
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Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Roycroft Bronze Green
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Roycroft Bronze Green by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, 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 Roycroft Bronze Green, 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 | Tavern Charcoal | CW-90 | 9.7 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Windgate Hill | MQ6-24 | 9.7 | 1.5 | very close |
| Valspar | Olive Suede | 6010-3 | 8 | 1.8 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Osiris | 1031-7 | 10 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Roycroft Bronze Green (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Roycroft Bronze Green
Darker than Roycroft Bronze Green
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 2846 |
| Hex | #575449 |
| RGB | 87, 84, 73 |
| HSL | 47°, 9%, 31% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.7, -0.9, 6.9 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846), published as #575449
#494B48
#665D49
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846)?
- Roycroft Bronze Green has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Roycroft Bronze Green is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Roycroft Bronze Green in another brand?
- Windgate Hill (Behr MQ6-24) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.5 (very close).
- Is Roycroft Bronze Green warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Roycroft Bronze Green as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.9; 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.