Chocolate Sauce (Valspar 2006-7A)
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Chocolate Sauce (Valspar 2006-7A) is a very deep, warm brown from Valspar: LRV 13, so it reflects about 13 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Chocolate Sauce
Four Valspar colors picked for Chocolate Sauce 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 Chocolate Sauce, 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 | Hot Cocoa | SW 6047 | 14 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Wynwood | 1231 | 13.2 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Spanish Chestnut | N160-6 | 13.3 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Spiced Cinnamon | 1071-7 | 13 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar brown colors nearest to Chocolate Sauce (LRV 13) by LRV.
Lighter than Chocolate Sauce
Darker than Chocolate Sauce
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2006-7A |
| Hex | #805E4F |
| RGB | 128, 94, 79 |
| HSL | 18°, 24%, 41% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 13 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 43.0, 11.7, 14.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Chocolate Sauce (Valspar 2006-7A), published as #805E4F
#72554E
#8E674E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Chocolate Sauce (Valspar 2006-7A)?
- Chocolate Sauce has an LRV of 13. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Chocolate Sauce is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Chocolate Sauce in another brand?
- Spanish Chestnut (Behr N160-6) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Chocolate Sauce warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Chocolate Sauce as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 14.0; 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.