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Secret Garden SW 6181
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Undertone: Noticeable green undertone
In CIELAB, Secret Garden sits at L* 34.0, a* -5.8, b* 13.7. Its hue angle is 113° and its chroma is 14.9, so it leans green clearly enough to notice on a full wall. It classifies as neutral-warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 77%.
LRV 8.0: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 8.0, Secret Garden is lighter than 8% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Near-black depth. Use on doors, trim, cabinetry, exteriors or moody rooms with strong artificial lighting.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Secret Garden
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Green | CW-505 | 2.93 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Artichoke | 2141-10 | 4.06 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Chimichurri | CSP-810 | 4.28 | Similar, clearly different |
Closest Behr match to Secret Garden
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater Marsh | ECC-37-3 | 2.85 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| River Forest | MQ6-54 | 3.57 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Forest Ridge | 420F-7 | 4.25 | Similar, clearly different |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookwood Dark Green | SW 2816 | 4.44 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Vogue Green | SW 0065 | 4.71 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Forestwood | SW 7730 | 4.74 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Garden Path | SW 2929 | 5.25 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Laurel Woods | SW 7749 | 5.79 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Shade-Grown | SW 6188 | 5.99 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Garden Gate SW 6167 · lighter, LRV 9.9
- Rookwood Dark Green SW 2816 · lighter, LRV 10.1
- Hidden Trail SW 9525 · lighter, LRV 10.5
- Foxhall Green SW 9184 · darker, LRV 6.7
- Laurel Woods SW 7749 · darker, LRV 6.3
- Ripe Olive SW 6209 · darker, LRV 6.2
Colors that go with Secret Garden
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Secret Garden:
- Oyster White SW 7637
- Green Sprout SW 7728
- Sagey SW 6175
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Ripe Berry SW 9689 · complementary (180°)
- Best Bronze SW 6160 · analogous (−30°)
- Isle of Pines SW 6461 · analogous (+30°)
- Marea Baja SW 9185 · triadic (120°)
- Deep Maroon SW 0072 · triadic (240°)
Secret Garden vs popular colors
- Urbane Bronze (Sherwin-Williams SW 7048, ΔE 9.7) is about as light, more blue/cool, more red/pink, more muted.
- Iron Mountain (Benjamin Moore 2134-30, ΔE 11.5) is lighter (LRV 11.0 vs 8.0), more blue/cool, more red/pink, more muted.
- Iron Ore (Sherwin-Williams SW 7069, ΔE 11.5) is darker (LRV 5.5 vs 8.0), more blue/cool, more red/pink, more muted.