Smokehouse
With a focus on genuinely dark tones, Smokehouse (7040) is a standout Neutral 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 7 real world scenarios and find professional pairing data below.
Hex
#716354
LRV
13.03
Smokehouse's Color Strip
Smokehouse is the sixth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Virtual Taupe and Van Dyke Brown. The strip spans from Accessible Beige at the lightest end to Van Dyke Brown at the deepest. As part of strip 249, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Smokehouse in Real Rooms
Smokehouse has a low LRV of 13.03 — 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 Neutral family, the photos below show it applied in a living room, house and bathroom.
1 Living Room Photo
Smokehouse anchors the living room with a quiet, architectural confidence. Its depth shifts subtly through the day — cooler in the crisp morning light and significantly warmer by lamplight in the evening — making it a natural fit for a space meant for both high-energy gathering and silent unwinding. To maximize the effect, layer in natural white oak, heavy linen, and soft metallics to let the color truly breathe.
Living room walls enveloped in rich, warm Smokehouse create sophisticated depth.
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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. Smokehouse has the depth and pigment quality to age gracefully through all of it.
Dresser piece refinished in Smokehouse reveals the color's striking versatility on furniture.
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5 Bathroom Photos
Small bathrooms amplify whatever color is on the wall, which makes the choice more consequential than it first appears. Smokehouse has enough depth to register without closing the room in, and it plays well with white subway tile or warm wood accents.
Bathroom vanity and walls painted Smokehouse establish a moody, spa-like retreat.
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Bathroom walls in Smokehouse deliver a bold, dramatic statement in this intimate space.
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Bathroom fixtures and walls coated in Smokehouse provide warm, enveloping comfort.
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Bathroom surfaces painted in Smokehouse create an unexpectedly warm, welcoming sanctuary.
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Bathroom walls finished in Smokehouse showcase a sophisticated, grounding color choice.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 73 vs 13, Aesthetic White is decisively the brighter choice.
Maison Blanche reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 13), opening up a space where Smokehouse encloses it.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Trim Color
At LRV 73 vs 13, Aesthetic White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
A 7-point LRV gap (13 vs 6) makes Smokehouse the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 34 vs 13, Debonair is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (13 vs 7) makes Smokehouse the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (13 vs 7) makes Smokehouse the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 13, Starry Night is decisively the brighter choice.
Soulful Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
A 11-point LRV gap (24 vs 13) makes Timeless Taupe the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (20 vs 13) makes Backdrop the marginally brighter of the two.
Pewter Tankard reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 13), opening up a space where Smokehouse encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (21 vs 13) makes Adaptive Shade the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 27 vs 13, Studio Clay is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Smokehouse the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (13 vs 4) makes Smokehouse the marginally brighter of the two.
Smokehouse reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.