Gallery Grey (Valspar 2006-10B)
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Gallery Grey (Valspar 2006-10B) is a medium, warm greige from Valspar: LRV 49, so it reflects about 49 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Gallery Grey
Four Valspar colors picked for Gallery Grey by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, 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 Gallery Grey, 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 | Versatile Gray | SW 6072 | 48 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Hazelwood | 1005 | 48.9 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Barley Field | ECC-44-1 | 51.2 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Legendary | 1019-3 | 50 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar greige colors nearest to Gallery Grey (LRV 49) by LRV.
Lighter than Gallery Grey
Darker than Gallery Grey
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2006-10B |
| Hex | #C3B8AC |
| RGB | 195, 184, 172 |
| HSL | 31°, 16%, 72% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 49 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 75.4, 1.8, 7.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Gallery Grey (Valspar 2006-10B), published as #C3B8AC
#B2AEAA
#D4C2AC
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Gallery Grey (Valspar 2006-10B)?
- Gallery Grey has an LRV of 49. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Gallery Grey is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Gallery Grey in another brand?
- Versatile Gray (SW 6072) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Gallery Grey warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Gallery Grey as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.5; 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.