Orchid
Orchid is a Red paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#BC9C9ELRV
36.94
Orchid in Rooms
Follow Orchid from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 1 sourced room photo offers a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Bedroom Photo
Against bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures, Orchid (0071) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 36.9 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Bedroom walls dressed in rich Orchid.
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Coordinating Colors
Pearly White reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 37), opening up a space where Orchid encloses it.
At LRV 37 vs 21, Orchid is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Insightful Rose reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 39 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 37, Mountain Air is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 37, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 37), opening up a space where Orchid encloses it.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 37), opening up a space where Orchid encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (37 vs 29) makes Orchid the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
At LRV 37 vs 19, Orchid is decisively the brighter choice.
Orchid reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 22), opening up a space where Carley's Rose encloses it.
At LRV 37 vs 15, Orchid is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (37 vs 26) makes Orchid the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This muted red-violet blooms with a warm, mauve-like tenderness that evokes the refined elegance of a Victorian parlor or a sophisticated bedroom retreat. Subtle and complex, its warm undertones create an intimate, romantic atmosphere that pairs beautifully with soft metallics and creamy ivory accents.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.