Cross-brand match

Almost Charcoal in Dutch Boy

Valspar 4008-2B translated into the Dutch Boy line

Valspar Almost Charcoal 4008-2B on a wall, hex #6B7071
Dutch Boy Ashton Grey VS-9303 on a wall, hex #66665A

The closest Dutch Boy paint to Valspar Almost Charcoal (4008-2B) is Ashton Grey VS-9303, a delta-E of 8.97 away — the closest Dutch Boy has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Ashton Grey is 2.8 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow undertone against true neutral, at chroma 7.2 and 2.1.

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.

NEARESTAshton GreyVS-9303
DISTANCEΔE 8.97CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE13.1 against 15.9
HEX#66665Aagainst #6B7071

Ranked matches in Dutch Boy

closest first
Dutch Boy colorΔE LRV Undertone
Ashton GreyVS-9303 8.97 13.1 yellow undertone Compare
Natural GrayVS-9332 9.69 24.2 true neutral Compare
Seal of GreyVS-9301 10.08 9.5 true neutral Compare
Ocean BlueD-6743 10.96 13.1 teal undertone Compare
Silver GrayD-6730 15.36 21.2 yellow undertone Compare
Smoky GrayVS-9305 15.62 29.8 yellow cast Compare

Almost Charcoal in other brands

same color, different line

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