Hunting Boots (Valspar 1001-9A)
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Hunting Boots (Valspar 1001-9A) is a very deep, neutral brown from Valspar: LRV 12, so it reflects about 12 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Hunting Boots
Four Valspar colors picked for Hunting Boots by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Hunting Boots, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Browse Brown | SW 6012 | 13 | 1.9 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Coachman's Cape | CSP-90 | 14 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Wood Acres | BXC-71 | 10.7 | 2.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Oswego Tea | 1005-6 | 11 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar brown colors nearest to Hunting Boots (LRV 12) by LRV.
Lighter than Hunting Boots
Darker than Hunting Boots
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1001-9A |
| Hex | #6A5F5B |
| RGB | 106, 95, 91 |
| HSL | 16°, 8%, 39% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 41.2, 3.7, 3.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Hunting Boots (Valspar 1001-9A), published as #6A5F5B
#5B5659
#79685B
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Hunting Boots (Valspar 1001-9A)?
- Hunting Boots has an LRV of 12. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Hunting Boots is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Hunting Boots in another brand?
- Oswego Tea (PPG 1005-6) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Hunting Boots warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Hunting Boots as neutral, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 3.9; 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.