Ballroom Dancing (Valspar 5005-4A)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Ballroom Dancing (Valspar 5005-4A) is a medium, warm green from Valspar: LRV 44, so it reflects about 44 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Ballroom Dancing
Four Valspar colors picked for Ballroom Dancing by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Ballroom Dancing, 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 | Forever Green | SW 9653 | 44 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Sage Wisdom | CSP-775 | 44 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Alpine Air | BXC-38 | 43.9 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Gargoyle | 1127-4 | 43 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar green colors nearest to Ballroom Dancing (LRV 44) by LRV.
Lighter than Ballroom Dancing
Darker than Ballroom Dancing
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5005-4A |
| Hex | #A9B4A5 |
| RGB | 169, 180, 165 |
| HSL | 104°, 9%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 44 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 72.1, -6.7, 6.3 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Ballroom Dancing (Valspar 5005-4A), published as #A9B4A5
#98AAA3
#BABEA5
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Valspar
More from Valspar
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Ballroom Dancing (Valspar 5005-4A)?
- Ballroom Dancing has an LRV of 44. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Ballroom Dancing is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Ballroom Dancing in another brand?
- Sage Wisdom (BM CSP-775) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Ballroom Dancing warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Ballroom Dancing as warm, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.3; 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.