Brandywine
Often used for its versatile qualities, Brandywine remains a staple for Sherwin-Williams designers. It is widely considered one of the best colors in its class to add character and warmth to any space. We've gathered 10 real-home scenarios to help you visualize this color alongside our expert data.
Hex
#A56C4A
LRV
19.14
Brandywine's Color Strip
Brandywine is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Browsing strip 287 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Brandywine in Real Rooms
Brandywine has a medium LRV of 19.14 — it adds real depth and will read noticeably darker as natural light fades. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Orange family, the photos below show it applied in a dining room, bedroom, home office, front door, bathroom, house, mudroom, kitchen, patio and living room.
1 Dining Room Photo
Pairing Brandywine 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.
Brandywine paint in a mid century dining room
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1 Bedroom Photo
Brandywine has a unique ability to make a bedroom feel larger yet more intimate at the same time. By softening the "edges" of the room, the walls seem to move back, while the warmth of the tone makes the bed feel like a safe, protected island in the center of the space.
A traditional bedroom painted in Brandywine
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1 Home Office Photo
For those who spend their day on camera, Brandywine is a highly flattering background color. It doesn't wash out skin tones or create weird reflections, providing a professional and "expensive" look for virtual meetings and presentations.
Sherwin-Williams Brandywine in a moody home office
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1 Front Door Photo
Using Brandywine for the front door allows the hardware to be the "jewelry" of the house. Whether you choose a modern long-bar handle or a traditional knocker, the color provides the perfect stage for the metalwork to shine.
mediterranean front door featuring Brandywine by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Bathroom Photo
Using Brandywine on a bathroom vanity is a clever way to introduce color without painting the walls. It creates a sophisticated anchor for the room, especially when topped with a thick white quartz or a contrasting dark stone.
Brandywine — traditional bathroom
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1 House Photo
Using Brandywine on an exterior allows you to be more creative with your landscaping. The color provides a dark, rich backdrop that makes the greens of boxwoods or the colors of perennials look much more vivid and professional.
Brandywine color — coastal house inspiration
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1 Mudroom Photo
Brandywine in the mudroom earns its keep. It's a color that can handle the traffic — grounding enough to hide the daily chaos, and intentional enough to make the transition from outside feel considered and high-end.
Brandywine paint in a small mudroom
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1 Kitchen Photo
Brandywine in a kitchen reads differently from how it might anywhere else — the hard surfaces, task lighting, and constant activity give it more to work against, and it holds up beautifully. It doesn't compete with the colors of food or the texture of countertops; instead, it frames them with a professional finish.
Brandywine — bold kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
Brandywine on a patio surface or garden wall creates a visual anchor that ties together furniture, plantings, and architecture. It reads as intentional in a way that natural wood or stone alone rarely achieves, providing a polished "finished" look to the landscape.
rustic modern patio featuring Brandywine by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Living Room Photo
The beauty of Brandywine in a living room lies in its versatility with textures. It provides a smooth, matte-like quality that contrasts beautifully against plush velvet sofas or chunky wool rugs. It's a color that invites you to stay a little longer, creating an atmosphere that feels established rather than just decorated.
A elegant living room painted in Brandywine
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Coordinating Colors
Creamy reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
Polvo de Oro reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
Brandywine reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
Creamy reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 20 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (22 vs 19) makes Decorous Amber the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 19 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 20 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 20 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 20 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (23 vs 19) makes Spiced Cider the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 53 vs 19, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
Brandywine reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (29 vs 19) makes Morning at Sea the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 19 vs 6, Brandywine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 34 vs 19, Debonair is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Smokey Topaz reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (22 vs 19) makes Decorous Amber the marginally brighter of the two.
Beige Intenso reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
At LRV 32 vs 19, Roycroft Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 37 vs 19, Wickerwork is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (19 vs 10) makes Brandywine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV NaN vs NaN, Carmel is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Brandywine reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Brandywine reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.