Sherwin Williams Backdrop SW 7025

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Backdrop for living room (3 photos)
Sherwin Williams SW 7025 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)
Backdrop for exterior (1 photo)
Sherwin Williams Backdrop reviews (3 photos)
What are Sherwin Williams Backdrop undertones?
Is Backdrop SW 7025 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Backdrop
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Backdrop SW 7025
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Backdrop SW 7025
Code:	SW 7025
Name:	Backdrop
Brand:	Sherwin Williams
Collections:	2016 Nouveau Narrative

What color is Sherwin Williams Backdrop?

Sherwin Williams Backdrop SW 7025 is a muted medium-depth gray-brown with a gently warm, earthy cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly brown, giving walls a grounded neutral presence rather than a sharp gray look. In bright daylight, Backdrop can appear softer and more balanced, while lower or warmer lighting may bring out its brown-taupe side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and dining spaces where a deeper neutral is wanted without the heaviness of charcoal. Pair it with creamy off-whites, black metal details, natural oak, linen upholstery, and stone finishes for a layered, restrained palette.

Backdrop for living room (3 photos)

Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space

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Sherwin Williams SW 7025 on kitchen cabinets (5 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

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Backdrop for exterior

Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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Sherwin Williams Backdrop reviews (3 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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What are Sherwin Williams Backdrop undertones?

Backdrop is a midtone, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. The HEX sample has a subtle orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#867A6F

RGB code:

134, 122, 111

Is Sherwin Williams Backdrop cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 29°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

SW 7025 Backdrop HSL code: 29, 9%, 48%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Backdrop

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this brown shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Backdrop:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Backdrop with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 209, such as Sherwin Williams Mount Etna and Debonair.

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LRV of Backdrop

Backdrop has an LRV of 20.25% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 20.25%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#867a6f
RGB Decimal	134, 122, 111
RGB Percent	52.55%, 47.84%, 43.53%
HSV	Hue: 29° Saturation: 17.16% Value: 52.55%
HSL	hsl(29, 9, 48)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.96 Yellow: 17.16 Key: 47.45
YIQ	Y: 124.334 I: 10.686 Q: -0.885
XYZ	X: 19.66 Y: 20.136 Z: 17.886
CIE Lab	L:51.99 a:2.639 b:7.692
CIE Luv	L:51.99 u:7.888 v:9.777
Decimal	8813167
Hunter Lab	44.873, -0.321, 7.779