Almost Charcoal
4008-2B · Valspar
GrayView Almost Charcoal 4008-2B on the Valspar site ↗Hex
#6B7071
LRV
16
Family
Gray
4008-2B
Color profile
Light value
16 · Deep
Undertone
Cool cool, blue cast
Family
Gray Also reads black
“At LRV 16, Almost Charcoal is a dark gray that absorbs most light. Almost Charcoal carries a cool undertone. Valspar files Almost Charcoal under Gray.”— Valspar
Where it sits on the light scale
0 · Absolute black100 · Pure white
LRV 16 Deep · absorbs more light than it reflects
Coordinating colors
A working palette built around Almost CharcoalThis colorAlmost CharcoalValspar · 4008-2B
CoordinatingDu JourValspar · 7002-6CoordinatingNorthern SkyValspar · 5001-3BCoordinatingNorthern JuniperValspar · 5001-4BSimilar colors
Tap any color to compareAlmost Charcoal vs Iron Frost
16LRV16
#6B7071Hex#687276
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Almost Charcoal vs Bottlenose Dolphin
16LRV14
#6B7071Hex#656B6F
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Almost Charcoal vs Gotham City
16LRV18
#6B7071Hex#707778
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Almost Charcoal vs Deco Gray
16LRV18
#6B7071Hex#70777A
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Almost Charcoal vs Adrift at Sea
16LRV17
#6B7071Hex#697473
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, teal cast
Almost Charcoal vs Ground Truth
16LRV18
#6B7071Hex#757576
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool neutral
Similar colors from other brands
Tap any color to compareAlmost Charcoal vs Gunmetal
16LRV17
#6B7071Hex#6A6F70
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Gunmetal is near-identical compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Rocky Coast
16LRV17
#6B7071Hex#6C7171
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, teal cast
Rocky Coast is near-identical · 1 points lighter compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Dawn Gray
16LRV17
#6B7071Hex#6D7273
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Dawn Gray is near-identical · 1 points lighter compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Dark Ash
16LRV15
#6B7071Hex#6A6D6D
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool neutral
Dark Ash is very close match compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Improbable
16LRV17
#6B7071Hex#6E7376
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Improbable is very close match · 1 points lighter compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Volcanic Ash
16LRV18
#6B7071Hex#6F7678
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Volcanic Ash is very close match · 2 points lighter compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Night Out
16LRV14
#6B7071Hex#656A6E
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Night Out is close match · 2 points darker · cooler compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Wall Street
16LRV15
#6B7071Hex#656D73
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, blue cast
Wall Street is close match · 1 points darker · cooler compared with Almost Charcoal.
Almost Charcoal vs Down Pipe
16LRV13
#6B7071Hex#606565
GrayFamilyGray
cool, blue castUndertonecool, teal cast
Down Pipe is close match · 3 points darker compared with Almost Charcoal.
Palettes with Almost Charcoal
Almost Charcoal, answered
What is the LRV of Almost Charcoal?
Almost Charcoal (4008-2B) by Valspar has a Light Reflectance Value of 16, so it absorbs most of the light that hits it. On the 0–100 scale that places it in the dark range.
Is Almost Charcoal a warm or cool color?
Almost Charcoal has a cool undertone (cool, blue cast).
What is the closest match to Almost Charcoal from another brand?
The closest cross-brand match to Almost Charcoal is Gunmetal (1602) by Benjamin Moore, near-identical.
Valspar · 4008-2B
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