Dried Thyme (SW 6186) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Dried Thyme SW 6186 (simulated) — Dried Thyme SW 6186#7B8070, LRV 21

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Evergreen Fog, LRV 30 vs 21.
Warmer: Dried Thyme, both green-gray (Lab b* 8.1 vs 6.6).
North rooms: Evergreen Fog keeps more brightness (L* 57.9 vs 48.8 in north light); Dried Thyme drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.2 vs 3.1).
Trim that works: Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 8.7, clearly different. At 8.7, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Dried ThymeSherwin-Williams, SW 6186LRV 21, #7B8070

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Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

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Dried Thyme (SW 6186) is darker than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and slightly warmer: LRV 21 vs 30, deltaE 8.7 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Dried Thyme	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6186	SW 9130
Hex	#7B8070	#95978A
RGB	123, 128, 112	149, 151, 138
HSL	79°, 7%, 47%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	21	30	−9
Lab L*	52.8	62.0	−9.2
Lab a*	-5.0	-3.2	−1.8
Lab b*	8.1	6.6	+1.5
Undertone	Neutral	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Dried Thyme (SW 6186), published as #7B8070

North light (cool, indirect)
#6B776E

South light (warm, direct)
#8B8970

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

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 Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 9 LRV points lighter (30 vs 21), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.6 against 8.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Dried Thyme (SW 6186) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.1), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Dried Thyme in other brands

Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is Dried Thyme the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 8.7. Dried Thyme and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Dried Thyme or Evergreen Fog?: Evergreen Fog, with an LRV of 30 against 21.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

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.