Greens
With a focus on genuinely dark tones, Greens (6748) is a standout Green 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
#016844
LRV
10.03
Greens's Color Strip
Greens is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Strip 153 lines up the full value range so you can see exactly where this color lands among its closest relatives.
Greens in Real Rooms
Greens has a low LRV of 10.03 — 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 Green family, the photos below show it applied in a front door, dining room, bedroom, home office, bathroom, mudroom, living room, kitchen, house and patio.
1 Front Door Photo
Choosing Greens for your entry is an exercise in restraint and elegance. It suggests a home that is well-cared for and curated, setting a high bar for the interior design before the door is even opened.
rustic modern front door featuring Greens by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Dining Room Photo
Pairing Greens 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.
Greens paint in a boho dining room
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1 Bedroom Photo
Greens 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 industrial bedroom painted in Greens
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1 Home Office Photo
For those who spend their day on camera, Greens 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 Greens in a neutral home office
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1 Bathroom Photo
For bathrooms with limited natural light, Greens provides a necessary "glow." It uses its subtle undertones to mimic the warmth of sunlight, preventing the space from feeling subterranean or overly dark, even in windowless layouts.
Greens — traditional bathroom
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1 Mudroom Photo
The depth of Greens is a secret weapon against the "dirty" look that many light-colored mudrooms eventually suffer from. It retains its freshness and intentionality even when it's not perfectly clean, which is essential for an active family.
Greens paint in a rustic modern mudroom
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1 Living Room Photo
For open-concept living rooms, Greens is a powerful tool for definition. It has enough presence to signal where the living area begins without creating a harsh visual break from the rest of the house. It defines the "zone" of relaxation through color psychology and sophisticated depth.
A cozy living room painted in Greens
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1 Kitchen Photo
On kitchen walls, Greens adds a considered, intentional feel without demanding too much attention in a busy space. It holds its own against both warm wood countertops and cool quartz or marble, making it an incredibly flexible choice for the hardest-working and most high-traffic room in the house.
Greens — minimalist kitchen
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1 House Photo
Exterior paint earns its keep over years, not months — it needs to handle bleaching summers, wet winters, and the slow shifts of a neighborhood's context. Greens has the depth and pigment quality to age gracefully through all of it.
Greens color — mediterranean house inspiration
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1 Patio Photo
Greens 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 Greens by Sherwin-Williams
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Coordinating Colors
White Mint reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
Vigorous Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
White Mint reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Azalea Flower reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
Jaipur Pink reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Coming Up Roses reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
In The Pink reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 10), opening up a space where Greens encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (10 vs 4) makes Greens the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 25 vs 10, Jitterbug Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
At LRV NaN vs NaN, Greens is decisively the brighter choice.