Cross-brand match

Softened Green in Farrow & Ball

Sherwin-Williams SW 6177 translated into the Farrow & Ball line

Sherwin-Williams Softened Green SW 6177 on a wall, hex #BBBCA7
Farrow & Ball Vert de Terre 234 on a wall, hex #B7BAA4

The closest Farrow & Ball paint to Sherwin-Williams Softened Green (SW 6177) is Vert de Terre 234, a delta-E of 1.31 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Vert de Terre is 1.3 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow-green undertone against yellow undertone, at chroma 11.9 and 11.3.

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.

NEARESTVert de Terre234
DISTANCEΔE 1.31CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE47.9 against 49.2
HEX#B7BAA4against #BBBCA7

Ranked matches in Farrow & Ball

closest first
Farrow & Ball colorΔE LRV Undertone
Vert de Terre234 1.31 47.9 yellow-green undertone Compare
Bone15 3.4 52.6 yellow undertone Compare
Old White4 3.96 52.3 yellow undertone Compare
Drop Cloth283 4.22 51.2 yellow undertone Compare
Mizzle266 4.27 52.3 yellow-green undertone Compare
French Gray18 4.68 42.3 yellow undertone Compare

Softened Green in other brands

same color, different line

Full detail on Softened Green