Pottery Urn (SW 7715)
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Pottery Urn (SW 7715) is a deep, warm orange from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 27, so it reflects about 27 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Pottery Urn
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Pottery Urn by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper orange, 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 Pottery Urn, 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 | Gaucho Brown | 2096-40 | 27.1 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Antique Chest | ECC-59-1 | 26.1 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Mocha Java | 2004-7B | 26 | 2.3 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Tattered Teddy | 1072-5 | 24 | 3.5 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams orange colors nearest to Pottery Urn (LRV 27) by LRV.
Lighter than Pottery Urn
Darker than Pottery Urn
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7715 |
| Hex | #AA866E |
| RGB | 170, 134, 110 |
| HSL | 24°, 26%, 55% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 27 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 58.7, 10.3, 18.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Orange |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pottery Urn (SW 7715), published as #AA866E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Pottery Urn (SW 7715)?
- Pottery Urn has an LRV of 27. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Pottery Urn is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Pottery Urn in another brand?
- Antique Chest (Behr ECC-59-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Pottery Urn warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Pottery Urn as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 18.2; 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.