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Carriage Door SW 7594
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: Saturated red (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Carriage Door sits at L* 33.0, a* 18.6, b* 10.5. Its hue angle is 30° and its chroma is 21.3, so it reads as an outright red rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 70%.
LRV 7.5: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 7.5, Carriage Door 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 Carriage Door
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut | 2082-10 | 1.91 | Very close | |
| Ruby Dusk | 1267 | 2.33 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Barn Red | ES-22 | 2.79 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Carriage Door
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library Red | ICC-82 | 0.65 | Practically identical | |
| Autumn Leaves | ECC-31-3 | 0.76 | Practically identical | |
| Hawaiian Cinder | S-G-710 | 1.15 | Very close |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Brown | SW 2837 | 3.14 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Red Barn | SW 7591 | 3.88 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Red Theatre | SW 7584 | 4.34 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Sommelier | SW 7595 | 4.61 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Fiery Brown | SW 6055 | 4.72 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Vintage Leather | SW 6062 | 4.76 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Red Barn SW 7591 · lighter, LRV 8.9
- Brevity Brown SW 6068 · lighter, LRV 10.0
- Cordial SW 6306 · lighter, LRV 10.8
- Deep Maroon SW 0072 · darker, LRV 6.6
- Red Theatre SW 7584 · darker, LRV 6.2
- Cordovan SW 6027 · darker, LRV 6.1
Colors that go with Carriage Door
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Carriage Door:
- Believable Buff SW 6120
- Hardware SW 6172
- Creamy SW 7012
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Oceanside SW 6496 · complementary (180°)
- Deep Maroon SW 0072 · analogous (−30°)
- Java SW 6090 · analogous (+30°)
- Evergreens SW 6447 · triadic (120°)
- Indigo SW 6531 · triadic (240°)
Carriage Door vs popular colors
- New London Burgundy (Benjamin Moore HC-61, ΔE 4.5) is lighter (LRV 9.8 vs 7.5), more blue/cool, more muted.
- Dinner Party (Benjamin Moore AF-300, ΔE 5.2) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.
- Redwood (Benjamin Moore ES-20, ΔE 5.5) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.