Shade-Grown (SW 6188) vs Pewter Green (SW 6208)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Pewter Green, LRV 12 vs 8.
- Warmer
- About the same, both green-gray (Lab b* 5.5 vs 4.6).
- North rooms
- Pewter Green: keeps more brightness (L* 36.9 vs 29.7 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 1.3 vs 2.3).
- Trim that works
- Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 6.0, clearly different. At 6.0, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Shade-Grown (SW 6188) is slightly darker than Pewter Green (SW 6208) and about as warm: LRV 8 vs 12, deltaE 6.0 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Shade-Grown | Pewter Green | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6188 | SW 6208 | |
| Hex | #4E5147 | #5E6259 | |
| RGB | 78, 81, 71 | 94, 98, 89 | |
| HSL | 78°, 7%, 30% | 87°, 5%, 37% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 | 12 | −4 |
| Lab L* | 33.9 | 41.0 | −7.1 |
| Lab a* | -3.3 | -3.4 | +0.1 |
| Lab b* | 5.5 | 4.6 | +0.9 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | neutral | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Shade-Grown (SW 6188), published as #4E5147
#3F4846
#5D5A47
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 4 LRV points lighter (12 vs 8), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Shade-Grown in other brands
Closest matches to Pewter Green in other brands
Common questions
- Is Shade-Grown the same color as Pewter Green?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.0. Shade-Grown and Pewter Green are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Shade-Grown or Pewter Green?
- Pewter Green, with an LRV of 12 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.