Chocolate Cherry (Valspar 2003-7A)
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Chocolate Cherry (Valspar 2003-7A) is a very deep, warm brown from Valspar: LRV 11, so it reflects about 11 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Chocolate Cherry
Three Valspar colors picked for Chocolate Cherry by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Chocolate Cherry, 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 | Canyon Clay | SW 6054 | 13 | 3.1 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Harvest Brown | 2104-30 | 11.1 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Red Bluff | ECC-36-3 | 10.6 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Antique Mahogany | 16-08 | 10 | 2.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar brown colors nearest to Chocolate Cherry (LRV 11) by LRV.
Lighter than Chocolate Cherry
Darker than Chocolate Cherry
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2003-7A |
| Hex | #805045 |
| RGB | 128, 80, 69 |
| HSL | 11°, 30%, 39% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 11 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 39.2, 18.8, 14.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Chocolate Cherry (Valspar 2003-7A), published as #805045
#724844
#8E5944
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Chocolate Cherry (Valspar 2003-7A)?
- Chocolate Cherry has an LRV of 11. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Chocolate Cherry is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Chocolate Cherry in another brand?
- Red Bluff (Behr ECC-36-3) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.7 (very close).
- Is Chocolate Cherry warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Chocolate Cherry as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 14.9; 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.