Prairie Foliage (Valspar 6008-2C)
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Prairie Foliage (Valspar 6008-2C) 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 Prairie Foliage
Four Valspar colors picked for Prairie Foliage 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 Prairie Foliage, 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 | Smokehouse | SW 7040 | 13 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Cabin Fever | 1540 | 13.5 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Classic Bronze | N310-7 | 12.5 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Lemur | 1101-7 | 12 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar brown colors nearest to Prairie Foliage (LRV 13) by LRV.
Lighter than Prairie Foliage
Darker than Prairie Foliage
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 6008-2C |
| Hex | #6D6250 |
| RGB | 109, 98, 80 |
| HSL | 37°, 15%, 37% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 13 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 42.1, 1.2, 11.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Prairie Foliage (Valspar 6008-2C), published as #6D6250
#5F594F
#7C6B4F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Prairie Foliage (Valspar 6008-2C)?
- Prairie Foliage has an LRV of 13. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Prairie Foliage is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Prairie Foliage in another brand?
- Classic Bronze (Behr N310-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Prairie Foliage warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Prairie Foliage as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.9; 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.