Sherwin Williams Pewter Green SW 6208
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- Pewter Green for bedroom (6 photos)
- Pewter Green for living room (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Pewter Green for bathroom (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams SW 6208 on kitchen cabinets (15 photos)
- Pewter Green for exterior (3 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Pewter Green reviews (6 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Pewter Green undertones?
- Is Pewter Green SW 6208 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Pewter Green
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Pewter Green SW 6208
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Pewter Green SW 6208 |
| Code: | SW 6208 |
| Name: | Pewter Green |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Naturalist, Rejuvenation - Fall/Winter 2022, 2020 Haven |
What color is Sherwin Williams Pewter Green?
Sherwin Williams Pewter Green SW 6208 is a muted, mid-dark green with a noticeable gray cast and an earthy olive lean. Its softened saturation keeps it from reading too leafy or bright, giving walls a grounded, slightly weathered appearance. In bright natural light, Pewter Green can show more of its green character, while lower light emphasizes its charcoal-gray side. It has enough depth for a dining room, study, or exterior siding, and it also makes a strong cabinet color when paired with light counters. Warm white trim, aged brass, natural oak, stone, and creamy beige textiles bring out the color’s subdued warmth.
Pewter Green for bedroom (6 photos)
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing green 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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Pewter Green for living room (4 photos)
Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this green shade can create a unique space
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Sherwin Williams SW 6208 for bathroom (4 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm dark green real bathrooms.
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Sherwin Williams SW 6208 on kitchen cabinets (15 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm green hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Pewter Green for exterior (3 photos)
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 green hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Sherwin Williams Pewter Green reviews (6 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this green 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 Pewter Green undertones?
Pewter Green reads as a mid-depth, very muted green with a soft gray cast and a subtle yellow-green lean in the supplied digital sample. Because that bias is slight, it tends to look more like a softened green than a clearly olive or yellow-green color. Sherwin-Williams identifies it as a green paint color, which matches its visible main color family. Warm artificial light may bring out a little more of its yellowed cast, while cool daylight may make its green and gray qualities appear more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
94, 98, 89
Is Sherwin Williams Pewter Green cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 87°, this dark green shade sits right in the neutral zone on the HSL color wheel—neither warm nor cool.
SW 6208 Pewter Green HSL code: 87, 5%, 37%
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 Pewter Green
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 dark green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Pewter Green:
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
SW 6208
Pewter Green
Darker shades
SW 6208
Pewter Green
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 Pewter Green with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 267, such as Sherwin Williams Wood Violet and Berry Cream.
LRV of Pewter Green
Pewter Green has an LRV of 11.83% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 11.83%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #5e6259 |
| RGB Decimal | 94, 98, 89 |
| RGB Percent | 36.86%, 38.43%, 34.90% |
| HSV | Hue: 87° Saturation: 9.18% Value: 38.43% |
| HSL | hsl(87, 5, 37) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 4.08 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 9.18 Key: 61.57 |
| YIQ | Y: 95.778 I: 0.508 Q: -3.647 |
| XYZ | X: 10.787 Y: 11.836 Z: 11.165 |
| CIE Lab | L:40.955 a:-3.419 b:4.587 |
| CIE Luv | L:40.955 u:-1.776 v:6.331 |
| Decimal | 6185561 |
| Hunter Lab | 34.404, -4.243, 4.842 |
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