Silhouette (BM AF-655) vs Urbane Bronze (SW 7048)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Silhouette, LRV 10.2 vs 8.
- Warmer
- Urbane Bronze, both warm charcoal (Lab b* 4.1 vs 3.4).
- North rooms
- Silhouette drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.6 vs 3.4); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Cloudy Gray BM 2107-70, #EAE4DE, LRV 77.4: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.5, noticeably different. At 2.5, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Silhouette (BM AF-655) is slightly lighter than Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) and about as warm: LRV 10.2 vs 8, deltaE 2.5 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Silhouette | Urbane Bronze | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | AF-655 | SW 7048 | |
| Hex | #57504C | #54504A | |
| RGB | 87, 80, 76 | 84, 80, 74 | |
| HSL | 22°, 7%, 32% | 36°, 6%, 31% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 10.2 | 8 | +2.2 |
| Lab L* | 34.6 | 34.2 | +0.4 |
| Lab a* | 2.1 | 0.4 | +1.7 |
| Lab b* | 3.4 | 4.1 | −0.7 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm Bronze | |
| Temperature | neutral | warm | |
| Color family | Brown | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silhouette (BM AF-655), published as #57504C
#49484A
#66594C
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 Silhouette (BM AF-655) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2.2 LRV points lighter (10.2 vs 8), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Silhouette in other brands
Closest matches to Urbane Bronze in other brands
Common questions
- Is Silhouette the same color as Urbane Bronze?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.5. Most people can see the difference between Silhouette and Urbane Bronze side by side.
- Which is lighter, Silhouette or Urbane Bronze?
- Silhouette, with an LRV of 10.2 against 8.
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Related comparisons
Sources: Silhouette: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Urbane Bronze: 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.