Sherwin-Williams • 7040

Smokehouse

Name: Sherwin-Williams Smokehouse 7040
Brand: Sherwin-Williams

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

Light Reflectance Value

13.03

dark

Temperaturewarm

SaturationMuted

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.

C1Accessible Beige C2Balanced Beige C3Tony Taupe C4Moth Wing C5Virtual Taupe C6Smokehouse

C7Van Dyke Brown

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 warm-toned and , picking up richness from natural light and sitting comfortably alongside wood tones and warm neutrals. 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.

SW Smokehouse living room color

@chipdzgn

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.

SW Smokehouse painted furniture color

@alissabirdwelldesigns

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.