Tavern Charcoal
At first glance, Tavern Charcoal belongs to the gray family; in a room, light and context can make it far more elusive. A yellow undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. 8 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
Hex
#524F44LRV
9.71
Tavern Charcoal in Rooms
Follow Tavern Charcoal from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 8 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Living Room Photos
Tavern Charcoal (CW-90) moves through 3 living room images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Living room walls in Tavern Charcoal anchor the seating area with sophisticated contrast.
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Sofa sits against Tavern Charcoal walls that deepen the room's inviting atmosphere.
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Fireplace wall finished in Tavern Charcoal draws focus in this comfortable living room.
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4 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 4 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Tavern Charcoal (CW-90) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 9.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Kitchen cabinetry in Tavern Charcoal brings contemporary elegance to the cooking space.
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Cabinet doors painted Tavern Charcoal provide striking contrast against light countertops.
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Island cabinets in Tavern Charcoal create a bold focal point in this kitchen.
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Lower cabinetry painted Tavern Charcoal grounds this modern kitchen design.
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1 Misc Photo
Viewed across 1 misc image in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, Tavern Charcoal (CW-90) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 9.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Built-in shelving finished in Tavern Charcoal offers practical storage with style.
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Coordinating Colors
Briarwood reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 10), opening up a space where Tavern Charcoal encloses it.
Steam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 10), opening up a space where Tavern Charcoal encloses it.
Parish White reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 10), opening up a space where Tavern Charcoal encloses it.
At LRV 38 vs 10, Bassett Hall Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 24 vs 10, Bachelor Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Coastline reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 10), opening up a space where Tavern Charcoal encloses it.
At LRV 36 vs 10, Comet is decisively the brighter choice.
Andes Summit reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 12 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (15 vs 10) makes Castle Peak Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 12 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (16 vs 10) makes Country Life the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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Manufacturer description
Based on the deep greenish-black color created by aging verdigris, this blackened gray is as rich and relevant today as it was more than a century ago.