Patience (SW 7555)
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Patience (SW 7555) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 67, so it reflects about 67 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Patience
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Patience by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Patience, 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 | Brandy Cream | 1030 | 66.3 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Dainty Lace | MQ3-11 | 63.7 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Savoury Beige | 3002-10C | 70 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sourdough | 1084-3 | 64 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Patience (LRV 67) by LRV.
Lighter than Patience
Darker than Patience
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7555 |
| Hex | #E2D3BF |
| RGB | 226, 211, 191 |
| HSL | 34°, 38%, 82% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 67 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.3, 1.9, 11.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Patience (SW 7555), published as #E2D3BF
#D1C9BD
#F3DDBF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Patience (SW 7555)?
- Patience has an LRV of 67. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Patience is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Patience in another brand?
- Brandy Cream (BM 1030) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Patience warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Patience as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.8; 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.