Enduring Bronze (SW 7055)
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Enduring Bronze (SW 7055) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 7, so it reflects about 7 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Enduring Bronze
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Enduring Bronze 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 Enduring Bronze, 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 | Char Brown | 2137-20 | 9.3 | 1.6 | very close |
| Behr | Eagle Rock | S-H-730 | 8.7 | 2.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Montana Moss | 6009-3 | 9 | 2.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Afternoon Tea | 1023-7 | 8 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Enduring Bronze (LRV 7) by LRV.
Lighter than Enduring Bronze
Darker than Enduring Bronze
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7055 |
| Hex | #554C3E |
| RGB | 85, 76, 62 |
| HSL | 37°, 16%, 29% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 32.8, 1.2, 9.7 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Enduring Bronze (SW 7055), published as #554C3E
#47443D
#63553E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Enduring Bronze (SW 7055)?
- Enduring Bronze has an LRV of 7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Enduring Bronze is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Enduring Bronze in another brand?
- Afternoon Tea (PPG 1023-7) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Enduring Bronze warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Enduring Bronze as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.7; 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.