Messenger Bag
Sherwin-Williams's Messenger Bag is a green shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A muted saturation softens the hue, giving it a quieter quality that can sit comfortably among layered neutrals. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#7D745ELRV
17.74
Messenger Bag's Color Strip
Messenger Bag is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Color strip 297 groups these shades together so you can see how each reads next to its neighbors.
Messenger Bag in Rooms
Follow Messenger Bag from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Living Room Photo
Against upholstery, timber, art and metal accents, Messenger Bag (7740) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. With an LRV of 17.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Wall treatment in Messenger Bag grounds the living room palette.
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1 House Photo
1 house image trace Messenger Bag (7740) through the façade’s movement through sun, shade and season. Its place within 2021 Sanctuary and Timeless Color Wall hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit.
Exterior boards painted in Messenger Bag deliver sophisticated curb appeal.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 82 vs 18, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 18, Creamy is decisively the brighter choice.
Lucent Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 18), opening up a space where Messenger Bag encloses it.
Trim Color
At LRV 82 vs 18, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 20 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 18 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 17), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 18 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 20 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 20 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 20 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 17), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Messenger Bag reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Starry Night reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 18), opening up a space where Messenger Bag encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 20 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (28 vs 18) makes Dusty Heather the marginally brighter of the two.
Lakeside reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 18), opening up a space where Messenger Bag encloses it.
Messenger Bag reflects far more light (LRV 18 vs 3), opening up a space where After the Storm encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 18, Lavender Wisp is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 32 vs 18, Pavestone is decisively the brighter choice.
Smooth Stone reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 18), opening up a space where Messenger Bag encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 20 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Lauriston Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 8-point LRV gap (18 vs 10) makes Messenger Bag the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Messenger Bag reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (18 vs 9) makes Messenger Bag the marginally brighter of the two.
Messenger Bag reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This cool, dark green has a comforting, can-do vibe. Its gray undertone lets it pair wonderfully with soft creamy hues like Dover White.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.