Want to paint your home a deep green color? Let's chat about Sherwin Williams Pewter Green and see if it might be perfect for your home!
Green paint colors are really trending at the moment, and I personally love a bold, deep green room.
If you are also looking for the perfect deep green paint color, let me introduce to you Sherwin Williams Pewter Green!
Sherwin Williams Pewter Green 6208
Pewter Green is a deep, warm, green color. It feels olive, but can also read as a bit charcoal in a very dark room.
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Color Family
Pewter Green belongs to the green color family, known for its calming and natural qualities. This particular shade of green falls into the gray spectrum, making it a popular choice for those seeking a neutral color with depth and character.
Light Reflectance Value
12
Light Reflective Value is the measurement of how much light a color bounces around. This is on a scale of 0 to 100 with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white.
Pewter Green is a darker paint color - but not quite black. It will look pretty dark in rooms without much lighting and brighter in rooms with brighter lighting!
RGB Colors
R:94 G:98 B:99
RGB describes the amount of each color - red, green, and blue - present in a color. This is on a scale of 0 to 255 for each color. This is basically the color mix to make the color!
Hex Code
#5E6259
Undertones
Pewter Green as warm gray undertones.
It can sometimes read as olive and sometimes read as charcoal, but even when it looks gray it still is heavily green.
This is a great option if you are looking for a darker gray-green paint color!
Best uses
Since Pewter Green is such a dark color, it can be a lot on the walls of your house! Instead, I'd use it for:
- cabinetry
- an accent wall
- the walls of a moody, well-lit bedroom
- built ins such as in a library
- doors or trim paired with white walls
- a piece of furniture
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Similar Colors
- Benjamin Moore Dark Olive
- Sherwin Williams Woodland Lichen
- Behr Woodland Moss
- Behr Pinecone Hill
- Valspar Flora
- Farrow & Ball Down Pipe
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Coordinating Colors
Pewter Green can work well with a variety of color palettes, but I like to pair it with warm grays, light blues, or deep browns.
Warm grays
- Agreeable Gray
- Repose Gray
- Worldly Gray
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Light blues
- Sea Salt
- Tradewind
- Window Pane
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Deep browns
- Urbane Bronze
- Roycroft Bronze Green
- Tricorn Black
Trim Colors
Since Pewter Green is a warm paint color, I prefer to pair it with a soft white trim paint color.
- Sherwin Williams Alabaster
- Benjamin Moore White Dove
- Behr Cameo White
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Sherwin Williams Pewter Green color palette
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Thanks for reading!
Morgan is passionate about home decor and paint colors. She has been sharing DIY home decor tips since 2012 at CharlestonCrafted.com. From there, she learned to love paint colors, and the Paint Color Project was born in 2022!
