Dragon's Breath (BM 1547) vs Urbane Bronze (SW 7048)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Dragon's Breath, LRV 9.2 vs 8.
- Warmer
- About the same, both warm charcoal (Lab b* 4.7 vs 4.1).
- North rooms
- Urbane Bronze drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.4 vs 3.9); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Sand Dollar BM 877, #F0EBE4, LRV 82: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 0.7, indistinguishable. At 0.7, pick on price, finish or availability.
See each color
Dragon's Breath (BM 1547) is about as light as Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) and about as warm: LRV 9.2 vs 8, deltaE 0.7 (indistinguishable).
Side by side
| Measure | Dragon's Breath | Urbane Bronze | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | 1547 | SW 7048 | |
| Hex | #55514A | #54504A | |
| RGB | 85, 81, 74 | 84, 80, 74 | |
| HSL | 38°, 7%, 31% | 36°, 6%, 31% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9.2 | 8 | +1.2 |
| Lab L* | 34.6 | 34.2 | +0.4 |
| Lab a* | 0.2 | 0.4 | −0.2 |
| Lab b* | 4.7 | 4.1 | +0.6 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm Bronze | |
| Temperature | neutral | warm | |
| Color family | Brown | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Dragon's Breath (BM 1547), published as #55514A
#474849
#645A4A
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048), published as #54504A
#464748
#63594A
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Dragon's Breath (BM 1547) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1.2 LRV points lighter (9.2 vs 8), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Dragon's Breath in other brands
Closest matches to Urbane Bronze in other brands
Common questions
- Is Dragon's Breath the same color as Urbane Bronze?
- They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.7. Most people cannot tell Dragon's Breath and Urbane Bronze apart.
- Which is lighter, Dragon's Breath or Urbane Bronze?
- Dragon's Breath, with an LRV of 9.2 against 8.
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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.