Double Chocolate (Valspar 2011-8)
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Double Chocolate (Valspar 2011-8) is a very deep, warm brown from Valspar: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Double Chocolate
Three Valspar colors picked for Double Chocolate 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 Double Chocolate, 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 | Carriage Door | SW 7594 | 8 | 3.4 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Beaujolais | 1259 | 11 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Fireside | S-G-720 | 8.6 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Warm Mahogany | 1060-7 | 8 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar brown colors nearest to Double Chocolate (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Double Chocolate
Darker than Double Chocolate
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2011-8 |
| Hex | #6F4B46 |
| RGB | 111, 75, 70 |
| HSL | 7°, 23%, 35% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.7, 14.6, 9.2 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Double Chocolate (Valspar 2011-8), published as #6F4B46
#614345
#7D5346
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Double Chocolate (Valspar 2011-8)?
- Double Chocolate has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Double Chocolate is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Double Chocolate in another brand?
- Fireside (Behr S-G-720) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Double Chocolate warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Double Chocolate as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.2; 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.