154 colors

PPG Paints Brown

Browns read heavier on a large wall than they do on a chip, so sample generously before committing.

PPG Paints's brown shade card, searchable - every brown they publish, each with its paint code, hex value, LRV and closest equivalent in the other brands.

  • 7–22LRV range
  • 154warm
  • 0cool

Every PPG Paints brown Lightest to darkest - tap a color to open it

Common questions

How many brown paint colors does PPG Paints have?

PPG Paints publishes 154 brown paint colors in the palettes it makes available, and all of them are listed on this page with their color code, hex value, RGB, Light Reflectance Value and undertone.

What is the paint code for a brown color on this page?

Every swatch shows its manufacturer code beneath the name - PPG Paints FROG'S LEGS is PPG1116-7, for example. That code is what a store mixes from, and it is unique to its brand: the same code at another manufacturer is an unrelated color.

Which PPG Paints brown paint colors suit a dark room?

The ones with a high Light Reflectance Value, which is the percentage of light a color reflects. These brown colors run from LRV 7.0 (PPG Paints CHOCOLATE CROISSANT) to LRV 22.0 (PPG Paints FROG'S LEGS); above 60 keeps a room bright, below 30 reads as a deep color and absorbs the light a dark room has left.

Are these brown paint colors warm or cool?

Both - 154 of the 154 are warm and 0 are cool, with the rest neutral. The label is computed from each color's hue angle and chroma in CIE L*a*b*, not from its name, so it can be compared across brands. Warm brown suits north-facing rooms, cool brown suits rooms that already get strong afternoon light.

What is the equivalent of a PPG Paints brown color in another brand?

Open any swatch on this page. It lists the closest color in each of the other brands with a ΔE00 figure - perceived color difference, where under 1.0 is indistinguishable side by side and above 4 is visible across a room. The comparison covers published color values only, not sheen, base or coverage.

Is this the PPG Paints brown shade card?

It is the same information, online and searchable. Where a printed shade card or colour chart gives you a chip and a name, every brown swatch here carries its code, hex, RGB, LRV and undertone, and its nearest equivalents at the other brands - with nothing to download and no fan deck to order.