Garden Walk (Valspar 3010-9)
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Garden Walk (Valspar 3010-9) is a very deep, warm brown from Valspar: LRV 12, so it reflects about 12 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Garden Walk
Four Valspar colors picked for Garden Walk 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 Garden Walk, 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 | Homestead Brown | SW 7515 | 12 | 1.5 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Spanish Moss | ES-44 | 11 | 2.1 | very close |
| Behr | Swiss Brown | N210-6 | 12.1 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Introspective | 15-18 | 12 | 2.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar brown colors nearest to Garden Walk (LRV 12) by LRV.
Lighter than Garden Walk
Darker than Garden Walk
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3010-9 |
| Hex | #6C5F56 |
| RGB | 108, 95, 86 |
| HSL | 25°, 11%, 38% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 41.3, 3.6, 7.1 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Garden Walk (Valspar 3010-9), published as #6C5F56
#5D5655
#7B6856
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Garden Walk (Valspar 3010-9)?
- Garden Walk has an LRV of 12. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Garden Walk is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Garden Walk in another brand?
- Homestead Brown (SW 7515) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 1.5 (very close).
- Is Garden Walk warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Garden Walk as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.1; 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.