Brown Tar
Brown Tar begins as a brown color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. Its beige and greige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#6E5440LRV
10.59
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 85 vs 11, Cloud White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 11, Old Prairie is decisively the brighter choice.
Annapolis Gray reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 11), opening up a space where Brown Tar encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 11, Moonlight White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 12 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (19 vs 11) makes Providence Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Van Courtland Blue reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 11), opening up a space where Brown Tar encloses it.
Nocturnal Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (17 vs 11) makes Blue Spruce the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 11, Feather Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 13 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 10-point LRV gap (20 vs 11) makes Raleigh Sorrel the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (21 vs 11) makes Wooded Vista the marginally brighter of the two.
Plymouth Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 11 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 11 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A handsome brown with rich milk chocolate undertones.