Sherwin Williams Down Home SW 6081
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- Down Home for bedroom (1 photo)
- Down Home for living room (7 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Down Home for bathroom (2 photos)
- Sherwin Williams SW 6081 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Down Home reviews (9 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Down Home undertones?
- Is Down Home SW 6081 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Down Home
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Down Home SW 6081
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Down Home SW 6081 |
| Code: | SW 6081 |
| Name: | Down Home |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
What color is Sherwin Williams Down Home?
Sherwin Williams Down Home SW 6081 is a muted medium brown with warm taupe and softly dusty, reddish undertones. Its low saturation keeps the color grounded rather than overly orange, giving it an earthy look that can read slightly grayer in cool daylight and warmer under incandescent lighting. Down Home is well suited to living room walls, dining spaces, or a study where a deeper neutral adds definition without feeling near-black. Pair it with creamy off-whites, weathered wood, aged brass, and charcoal or deep olive accents for a layered, natural palette. On cabinetry or an accent wall, this shade has enough depth to stand out against lighter trim and stone surfaces.
Down Home for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Down Home for living room (7 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 6081 for bathroom (2 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm dark beige real bathrooms.
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Sherwin Williams SW 6081 on kitchen cabinets (4 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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Sherwin Williams Down Home reviews (9 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 Down Home undertones?
Down Home is a midtone, muted terracotta. The HEX sample leans orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. 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:
RGB code:
144, 120, 101
Is Sherwin Williams Down Home cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 27°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
SW 6081 Down Home HSL code: 27, 18%, 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 Down Home
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Down Home:
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
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 Down Home with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 207, such as Sherwin Williams Glass Bead and Morning at Sea.
LRV of Down Home
Down Home has an LRV of 20.19% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?
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 20.19%, 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
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #907865 |
| RGB Decimal | 144, 120, 101 |
| RGB Percent | 56.47%, 47.06%, 39.61% |
| HSV | Hue: 27° Saturation: 29.86% Value: 56.47% |
| HSL | hsl(27, 18, 48) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 16.67 Yellow: 29.86 Key: 43.53 |
| YIQ | Y: 125.01 I: 20.407 Q: -0.836 |
| XYZ | X: 20.567 Y: 20.303 Z: 15.144 |
| CIE Lab | L:52.178 a:6.311 b:13.925 |
| CIE Luv | L:52.178 u:16.405 v:16.818 |
| Decimal | 9468005 |
| Hunter Lab | 45.058, 2.625, 11.614 |
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