Darkroom
Darkroom is a Purple paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Treat the digital swatch as an opening note, then watch a physical sample from morning light through evening lamps.
Hex
#443E40LRV
4.99
Darkroom's Color Strip
Darkroom is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. As part of strip 227, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Darkroom in Rooms
Follow Darkroom 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 Bathroom Photo
The 1 bathroom image turn a purple swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its muted saturation softens the color’s edges, making texture and shadow part of the composition.
Darkroom — earthy bathroom
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1 Bedroom Photo
Darkroom (7083) moves through 1 bedroom image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
A minimalist bedroom painted in Darkroom
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1 Home Office Photo
Darkroom (7083) can change noticeably under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Sherwin-Williams Darkroom in a neutral home office
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1 Dining Room Photo
Across 1 dining room image, Darkroom (7083) meets natural light, candles and pendant lighting. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Darkroom paint in a boho dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Darkroom (7083) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light.
bold front door featuring Darkroom by Sherwin-Williams
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1 House Photo
1 house image trace Darkroom (7083) through the façade’s movement through sun, shade and season. Its place within Rooted and Vintage Moxie hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit.
Darkroom color — coastal house inspiration
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1 Mudroom Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Darkroom (7083) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Darkroom paint in a cottagecore mudroom
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1 Kitchen Photo
Darkroom (7083) moves through 1 kitchen image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Darkroom — industrial kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
Darkroom (7083) brings its purple character into an outdoor room surrounded by sky, planting and open light. Its muted saturation softens the color’s edges, making texture and shadow part of the composition.
contemporary patio featuring Darkroom by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Living Room Photo
Darkroom (7083) moves through 1 living room image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
A industrial living room painted in Darkroom
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Coordinating Colors
Original White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 5), opening up a space where Darkroom encloses it.
Drift of Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 5), opening up a space where Darkroom encloses it.
At LRV 29 vs 5, Autumn Orchid is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
Original White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 5), opening up a space where Darkroom encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 5 and 4, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 5 and 4, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 5 and 4, 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.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 5, Mountain Air is decisively the brighter choice.
Billiard Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 5 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Parisian Patina reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 5), opening up a space where Darkroom encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Expressive Plum reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 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
Retreat into the shadowed sanctuary of this deeply muted purple, where cool and warm undertones exist in perfect equilibrium to create an introspective, almost chameleonic mood. This sophisticated dark hue transforms bedrooms or studies into intimate refuges, and pairs beautifully with soft metallics and deep charcoal accents.