Bold Brick
With a focus on genuinely dark tones, Bold Brick (6327) is a standout Red in our database. It was selected for this featured gallery for its ability to anchor a room without demanding the spotlight. See it applied across 10 real world scenarios and find professional pairing data below.
Hex
#A0584F
LRV
15.02
Bold Brick's Color Strip
Bold Brick is the sixth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Henna Shade and Fireweed. The strip spans from Romance at the lightest end to Fireweed at the deepest. Browsing strip 114 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Bold Brick in Real Rooms
Bold Brick has a low LRV of 15.02 — it absorbs light and reads as a genuinely dark, enveloping color. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Red family, the photos below show it applied in a dining room, front door, bathroom, home office, bedroom, kitchen, patio, living room, house and mudroom.
1 Dining Room Photo
Pairing Bold Brick with a white ceiling and high white wainscoting creates a classic, high-contrast look that is perfect for a traditional dining space. It brings a sense of architectural rhythm and formality that is hard to achieve with lighter tones.
Bold Brick paint in a moody dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Bold Brick on a front door looks particularly stunning when framed by greenery or seasonal wreaths. The color provides a deep, matte background that makes the organic textures of a boxwood wreath or autumn garland really pop.
scandinavian front door featuring Bold Brick by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Bathroom Photo
Pairing Bold Brick with natural stone like travertine or slate creates an earthy, elemental bathroom that feels connected to nature. It moves the design away from plastic-heavy modernism toward something much more timeless and tactile.
Bold Brick — traditional bathroom
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1 Home Office Photo
The transition from "home life" to "work life" can be signaled by the color of the room. Entering a space painted in Bold Brick provides a mental shift, telling your brain that it's time to settle in and be productive.
Sherwin-Williams Bold Brick in a contemporary home office
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1 Bedroom Photo
For guest bedrooms, Bold Brick is a welcoming embrace. It's a universally appealing tone that feels clean and fresh for new arrivals, yet has enough "personality" to make their stay feel special and considered. It works across all seasons, feeling cool in summer and cozy in winter.
A industrial bedroom painted in Bold Brick
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1 Kitchen Photo
Kitchens are often the noisiest rooms in the house; Bold Brick provides the visual equivalent of acoustic dampening. Its steady, calm presence helps lower the "volume" of the room, creating a more pleasant environment for cooking and conversation.
Bold Brick — classy kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
Outside, Bold Brick takes on a completely different life. Whether on deck boards, patio furniture, a fence, or a garden wall, it weathers beautifully and holds its character in open light. It is a natural companion to stone, weathered wood, and greenery.
coastal patio featuring Bold Brick by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Living Room Photo
Bold Brick works harder than it looks in a living room environment. Whether the space gets direct southern sun or stays north-facing and dim, the color finds its specific register — neither receding into the background nor demanding the spotlight. It acts as a sophisticated backdrop that makes every piece of furniture or art placed in front of it look immediately more considered and curated.
A scandinavian living room painted in Bold Brick
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1 House Photo
Bold Brick on an exterior reads differently at different scales: approachable up close, commanding from the street. It works especially well on houses with good trim detail, where the contrast between wall and trim can do real visual work.
Bold Brick color — traditional house inspiration
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1 Mudroom Photo
In a mudroom, Bold Brick provides a clean "reset" as you enter the home. It's a palette cleanser that helps you leave the stress of the outside world at the door, creating a transition zone that is both functional and beautiful.
Bold Brick paint in a industrial mudroom
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Expert Perspectives
In-depth articles and real-home features from across our network of home and design sites.
Coordinating Colors
Intimate White reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 15), opening up a space where Bold Brick encloses it.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 15), opening up a space where Bold Brick encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Trim Color
Intimate White reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 15), opening up a space where Bold Brick encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 15 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 15 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wild Poppy reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bold Brick reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bold Brick reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 15, Mountain Air is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 15, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 15), opening up a space where Bold Brick encloses it.
With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 15), opening up a space where Bold Brick encloses it.
At LRV 29 vs 15, Morning at Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (15 vs 6) makes Bold Brick the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 35 vs 15, Pressed Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 32 vs 15, Roycroft Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
Reddish reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Bold Brick reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (15 vs 5) makes Bold Brick the marginally brighter of the two.
Bold Brick reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (15 vs 5) makes Bold Brick the marginally brighter of the two.