Bolero
Bolero is a Red paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its pink and red classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#903934LRV
9.14
Bolero's Color Strip
Bolero is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Browsing strip 108 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Bolero in Rooms
Follow Bolero from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bedroom Photo
The pink, red hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let gentle morning light and low evening lamps and bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures guide the final sample decision.
A modern luxury bedroom painted in Bolero
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1 Bathroom Photo
1 bathroom image trace Bolero (7600) through the contrast between bright mornings and quieter evening light. The pink, red hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Bolero — vintage bathroom
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1 Dining Room Photo
These 1 dining room image show how Bolero (7600) can sit beside timber, table linen, glass and artwork. The pink, red hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Bolero paint in a contemporary dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Bolero (7600) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light.
mediterranean front door featuring Bolero by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Home Office Photo
Bolero (7600) can change noticeably under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Sherwin-Williams Bolero in a contemporary home office
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1 Kitchen Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Bolero (7600) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Bolero — bold kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
In an outdoor room surrounded by sky, planting and open light, the most interesting quality of Bolero (7600) may be the way it responds to stone, timber, metal, textiles and greenery. The pink, red hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
rustic modern patio featuring Bolero by Sherwin-Williams
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1 House Photo
Bolero (7600) moves through 1 house image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Bolero color — modern luxury house inspiration
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1 Living Room Photo
1 living room image trace Bolero (7600) through the room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm. The pink, red hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
A contemporary living room painted in Bolero
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1 Mudroom Photo
Bolero (7600) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under doorway light and the softer illumination of an internal passage.
Bolero paint in a earthy mudroom
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Expert Perspectives
Articles and features from across our network of home and design sites.
Coordinating Colors
Intimate White reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 9), opening up a space where Bolero encloses it.
Kilim Beige reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 9), opening up a space where Bolero encloses it.
Classic French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 9), opening up a space where Bolero encloses it.
Trim Color
Intimate White reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 9), opening up a space where Bolero encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 9, Mountain Air is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 9, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 9), opening up a space where Bolero encloses it.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 9), opening up a space where Bolero encloses it.
At LRV 29 vs 9, Morning at Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 12 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wild Poppy reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Red Tomato the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 3-point LRV gap (9 vs 6) makes Bolero the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
The orange undertone in this deep red gives it a fiery warmth that suggests a bold intrigue to anyone entering the space. For the bold or the adventurous only.