Bitter Chocolate
Bitter Chocolate is a Purple paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#4D3C3CLRV
5.14
Bitter Chocolate's Color Strip
Bitter Chocolate is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Strip 231 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Bitter Chocolate in Rooms
Follow Bitter Chocolate from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Dining Room Photo
1 dining room image place Bitter Chocolate (6013) in a gathering space that can move from daylight to ceremony. With an LRV of 5.1, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Bitter Chocolate paint in a traditional dining room
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1 Home Office Photo
Bitter Chocolate (6013) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow.
Sherwin-Williams Bitter Chocolate in a mid century home office
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1 Bathroom Photo
Across 1 bathroom image, Bitter Chocolate (6013) meets window light, mirrors and focused task lighting. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Bitter Chocolate — modern luxury bathroom
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1 Bedroom Photo
The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let gentle morning light and low evening lamps and bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures guide the final sample decision.
A minimalist bedroom painted in Bitter Chocolate
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1 Front Door Photo
The threshold between the street and the interior can draw different notes from Bitter Chocolate (6013). The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
minimalist front door featuring Bitter Chocolate by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Patio Photo
Bitter Chocolate (6013) moves through 1 patio image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
boho patio featuring Bitter Chocolate by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Living Room Photo
Bitter Chocolate (6013) moves through 1 living room image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
A cozy living room painted in Bitter Chocolate
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1 House Photo
1 house image place Bitter Chocolate (6013) in an exterior viewed across distance, weather and the changing sky. With an LRV of 5.1, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Bitter Chocolate color — rustic modern house inspiration
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1 Mudroom Photo
The daily movement of arrivals, departures and changing weather can draw different notes from Bitter Chocolate (6013). The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Bitter Chocolate paint in a cottagecore mudroom
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1 Kitchen Photo
Bitter Chocolate (6013) can change noticeably under daylight, task lighting and evening pendants. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Bitter Chocolate — minimalist kitchen
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Expert Perspectives
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Coordinating Colors
Smart White reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 5), opening up a space where Bitter Chocolate encloses it.
Kilim Beige reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 5), opening up a space where Bitter Chocolate encloses it.
Bluebird Feather reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 5), opening up a space where Bitter Chocolate encloses it.
Trim Color
Smart White reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 5), opening up a space where Bitter Chocolate encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 5 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 5 vs 4), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 5 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 5 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 5 and 4, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 5 vs 3), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 5, Mountain Air is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 5, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 5), opening up a space where Bitter Chocolate encloses it.
Riverway reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 5), opening up a space where Bitter Chocolate encloses it.
At LRV 29 vs 5, Morning at Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
A 3-point LRV gap (8 vs 5) makes Metropolis the marginally brighter of the two.
Browse Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This nearly black purple holds the depth of rich cocoa with warm red undertones that whisper of elegance and intrigue in dim light. Perfect for creating an intimate, luxurious sanctuary in bedrooms or studies, it pairs beautifully with warm metallics and cream accents.