Tossed Salad (Valspar 6002-8A)
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Tossed Salad (Valspar 6002-8A) 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 Tossed Salad
Four Valspar colors picked for Tossed Salad 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 Tossed Salad, 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 | Vegan | SW 6738 | 47 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Branch Brook Green | 572 | 46.5 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Country Weekend | MQ6-40 | 45.1 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Chatty Cricket | 1131-5 | 39 | 3.8 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar green colors nearest to Tossed Salad (LRV 44) by LRV.
Lighter than Tossed Salad
Darker than Tossed Salad
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 6002-8A |
| Hex | #86BF8C |
| RGB | 134, 191, 140 |
| HSL | 126°, 31%, 64% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 44 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 72.4, -28.8, 20.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tossed Salad (Valspar 6002-8A), published as #86BF8C
#74B58B
#98C98B
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tossed Salad (Valspar 6002-8A)?
- Tossed Salad has an LRV of 44. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tossed Salad is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Tossed Salad in another brand?
- Branch Brook Green (BM 572) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.7 (very close).
- Is Tossed Salad warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Tossed Salad as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 20.0; 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.