Cross-brand match

Protégé Bronze in Valspar

Sherwin-Williams SW 6153 translated into the Valspar line

Sherwin-Williams Protégé Bronze SW 6153 on a wall, hex #66543E
Valspar Prairie Foliage 6008-2C on a wall, hex #65563F

The closest Valspar paint to Sherwin-Williams Protégé Bronze (SW 6153) is Prairie Foliage 6008-2C, a delta-E of 1.62 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Light reflectance is effectively identical, 9.5 against 9.0. Undertone reads as yellow against yellow, at chroma 15.9 and 16.1.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTPrairie Foliage6008-2C
DISTANCEΔE 1.62CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE9.0 against 9.5
HEX#65563Fagainst #66543E

Ranked matches in Valspar

closest first
Valspar colorΔE LRV Undertone
Prairie Foliage6008-2C 1.62 9.0 yellow Compare
Stampede3008-9A 3.22 11.0 yellow Compare
Sumatra Blend2008-9A 4.28 10.0 orange Compare
Roasted Sepia6006-2C 4.97 8.0 yellow undertone Compare
Twilight Jungle3007-9A 5.78 12.0 yellow Compare
Deep Walnut2004-9A 6.11 8.0 orange Compare

Protégé Bronze in other brands

same color, different line

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