Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) vs Iron Ore (SW 7069)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Urbane Bronze, LRV 8 vs 6.
- Warmer
- Urbane Bronze (Lab b* 4.1 vs 1.2). Urbane Bronze reads warm charcoal; Iron Ore reads neutral gray.
- North rooms
- Urbane Bronze keeps more brightness (L* 30.1 vs 24.4 in north light); Iron Ore drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 3.4).
- Trim that works
- Extra White SW 7006, #EEEFEA, LRV 86: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 5.4, clearly different. At 5.4, treat them as different colors.
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Urbane Bronze
More comparisons with Urbane Bronze
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) is slightly lighter than Iron Ore (SW 7069) and slightly warmer: LRV 8 vs 6, deltaE 5.4 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Urbane Bronze | Iron Ore | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7048 | SW 7069 | |
| Hex | #54504A | #434341 | |
| RGB | 84, 80, 74 | 67, 67, 65 | |
| HSL | 36°, 6%, 31% | 60°, 2%, 26% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 | 6 | +2 |
| Lab L* | 34.2 | 28.4 | +5.9 |
| Lab a* | 0.4 | -0.4 | +0.9 |
| Lab b* | 4.1 | 1.2 | +2.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Bronze | Warm Charcoal | |
| Temperature | warm | neutral | |
| Color family | Brown | Black |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048), published as #54504A
#464748
#63594A
Iron Ore (SW 7069), published as #434341
#343B3F
#524B41
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 2 LRV points lighter (8 vs 6), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Iron Ore (SW 7069) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 1.2 against 4.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 4.1), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Urbane Bronze in other brands
Closest matches to Iron Ore in other brands
Common questions
- Is Urbane Bronze the same color as Iron Ore?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.4. Urbane Bronze and Iron Ore are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Urbane Bronze or Iron Ore?
- Urbane Bronze, with an LRV of 8 against 6.
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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.