Browse Brown (SW 6012)
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Browse Brown (SW 6012) is a very deep, neutral brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 13, so it reflects about 13 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Browse Brown
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Browse Brown 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 Browse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Mountain Ridge | 1456 | 12.9 | 3.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Wright Brown | N140-6 | 13.2 | 1.8 | very close |
| Valspar | Hunting Boots | 1001-9A | 12 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Eagle Eye | 1014-6 | 14 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Browse Brown (LRV 13) by LRV.
Lighter than Browse Brown
Darker than Browse Brown
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6012 |
| Hex | #6E615F |
| RGB | 110, 97, 95 |
| HSL | 8°, 7%, 40% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 13 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 42.3, 4.8, 3.0 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Browse Brown (SW 6012), published as #6E615F
#5F585D
#7D6A5F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Browse Brown (SW 6012)?
- Browse Brown has an LRV of 13. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Browse Brown is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Browse Brown in another brand?
- Wright Brown (Behr N140-6) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.8 (very close).
- Is Browse Brown warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Browse Brown as neutral, with a Warm 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.