Nutshell
Nutshell (SW6040) is a mid-tone, neutral grey paint colour from Sherwin-Williams (United States). It reflects about 14% of the light that falls on it.
Paint details
- Shade code
- SW6040
- Name
- Nutshell
- Brand and market
- Sherwin-WilliamsUnited States
- Manufacturer’s colour group
- Purple
- Screen colour
- #756761Digital value published by the manufacturer
- PaintColorKE family
- Brown · dark
- Light reflectance (LRV)
- 14.42Published by the manufacturer
- Closest colour name
- Granite#746A5E · a digital reference, not the paint’s official name
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Coordinating colours from Sherwin-Williams
Mixing guide
Open in the colour mixerSuggested colour schemes
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Lighter and deeper steps of the same grey, for a calm, layered room.
A grey has no hue of its own, so this pairs it with a slightly warm and a slightly cool grey.
One clear accent (PaintColorKE’s fixed ochre hue) against the grey.
Teal and terracotta, two of PaintColorKE’s fixed accent hues, balanced by the grey.
Quiet warm neutrals around the grey for a restful space.
Near-black and near-white extremes with one strong ochre accent.
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