Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846) vs Pewter Green (SW 6208)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Pewter Green, LRV 12 vs 9.
- Warmer
- Roycroft Bronze Green (Lab b* 6.9 vs 4.6). Roycroft Bronze Green reads greige; Pewter Green reads green-gray.
- North rooms
- Pewter Green: keeps more brightness (L* 36.9 vs 31.6 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 1.3 vs 4.8).
- Trim that works
- Alabaster SW 7008, #EDEAE0, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 6.0, clearly different. At 6.0, treat them as different colors.
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Roycroft Bronze Green
More comparisons with Roycroft Bronze Green
Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846) is slightly darker than Pewter Green (SW 6208) and slightly warmer: LRV 9 vs 12, deltaE 6.0 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Roycroft Bronze Green | Pewter Green | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 2846 | SW 6208 | |
| Hex | #575449 | #5E6259 | |
| RGB | 87, 84, 73 | 94, 98, 89 | |
| HSL | 47°, 9%, 31% | 87°, 5%, 37% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 | 12 | −3 |
| Lab L* | 35.7 | 41.0 | −5.3 |
| Lab a* | -0.9 | -3.4 | +2.5 |
| Lab b* | 6.9 | 4.6 | +2.3 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | neutral | |
| Color family | Brown | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846), published as #575449
#494B48
#665D49
Pewter Green (SW 6208), published as #5E6259
#4F5957
#6D6B59
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 Pewter Green (SW 6208) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (12 vs 9), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Pewter Green (SW 6208) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 4.6 against 6.9, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Roycroft Bronze Green (SW 2846) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 6.9), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Roycroft Bronze Green in other brands
Closest matches to Pewter Green in other brands
Common questions
- Is Roycroft Bronze Green the same color as Pewter Green?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.0. Roycroft Bronze Green and Pewter Green are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Roycroft Bronze Green or Pewter Green?
- Pewter Green, with an LRV of 12 against 9.
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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.