Roycroft Bottle Green (SW 2847)
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Roycroft Bottle Green (SW 2847) is a very deep, neutral black from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 5, so it reflects about 5 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Roycroft Bottle Green
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Roycroft Bottle Green by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Bottle 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 | Essex Green | HC-188 | 5.6 | 3.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Trellised Ivy | PPF-54 | 6.1 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Aged Pine | 6011-5 | 7 | 5.3 | clearly different |
| PPG Paints | Dark As Night | 14-05 | 6 | 5.6 | clearly different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams black colors nearest to Roycroft Bottle Green (LRV 5) by LRV.
Lighter than Roycroft Bottle Green
Darker than Roycroft Bottle Green
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 2847 |
| Hex | #324038 |
| RGB | 50, 64, 56 |
| HSL | 146°, 12%, 22% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 25.7, -7.6, 3.0 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Black |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Roycroft Bottle Green (SW 2847), published as #324038
#233837
#414838
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Roycroft Bottle Green (SW 2847)?
- Roycroft Bottle Green has an LRV of 5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Roycroft Bottle Green is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Roycroft Bottle Green in another brand?
- Trellised Ivy (Behr PPF-54) from Behr, at a deltaE of 3.2 (noticeably different).
- Is Roycroft Bottle Green warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Roycroft Bottle Green as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 3.0; 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.