Black Fox (SW 7020) vs Urbane Bronze (SW 7048)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Urbane Bronze, LRV 8 vs 7.
- Warmer
- Black Fox, both warm charcoal (Lab b* 4.7 vs 4.1).
- North rooms
- Urbane Bronze: keeps more brightness (L* 30.1 vs 27.2 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.4 vs 4.2).
- Trim that works
- Arcade White SW 7100, #F3EEE7, LRV 86: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 3.1, noticeably different. At 3.1, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
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Urbane Bronze
More comparisons with Urbane Bronze
Black Fox (SW 7020) is about as light as Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) and about as warm: LRV 7 vs 8, deltaE 3.1 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Black Fox | Urbane Bronze | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7020 | SW 7048 | |
| Hex | #4F4842 | #54504A | |
| RGB | 79, 72, 66 | 84, 80, 74 | |
| HSL | 28°, 9%, 28% | 36°, 6%, 31% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 7 | 8 | −1 |
| Lab L* | 31.1 | 34.2 | −3.1 |
| Lab a* | 1.8 | 0.4 | +1.3 |
| Lab b* | 4.7 | 4.1 | +0.5 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm Bronze | |
| Temperature | neutral | warm | |
| Color family | Brown | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Black Fox (SW 7020), published as #4F4842
#414041
#5D5042
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 Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (8 vs 7), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Black Fox in other brands
Closest matches to Urbane Bronze in other brands
Common questions
- Is Black Fox the same color as Urbane Bronze?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.1. Most people can see the difference between Black Fox and Urbane Bronze side by side.
- Which is lighter, Black Fox or Urbane Bronze?
- Urbane Bronze, with an LRV of 8 against 7.
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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.