Rock Bottom
SW 7062 · Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams
Rock Bottom
SW 7062
Faint green, a true neutral
- Color family
- Green
- Sold for
- Interior and exterior
Sherwin-Williams Rock Bottom SW 7062 is a green-black, a near-black from the green family with a faint green undertone that shows only in daylight. It has an LRV of 7, close to black on a wall and the same depth as Iron Ore SW 7069, which it is most often weighed against. Sherwin-Williams files it with the greens, though most people would call it a charcoal. It is used on exteriors, kitchen cabinets and accent walls where a plain charcoal feels too flat and a real green feels like too much.
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Is Rock Bottom warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers
too close to gray to lean
Undertone
Faint green
Barely off gray.
Rock Bottom measures neutral in temperature with a faint green undertone. The green registers, but there is so little of it that the green family label is more of a hint than a description. On a wall it reads as a charcoal with a mossy cast in daylight and as a plain near-black at night. Warm oak and brass make the green show; cool gray tile and chrome hide it. Iron Ore SW 7069 is its closest page color, a hair darker and a true neutral, and side by side Iron Ore looks black-gray while Rock Bottom looks black-green. Tricorn Black SW 6258 is blacker and shows nothing at all. Jasper SW 6216 has the same green with more of it, and Pewter Green SW 6208 is where the green becomes a color.
Rock Bottom in north, south, east and west light
Rock Bottom holds steady across exposures because there is so little color in it to shift. In a north-facing room it reads a little darker and cooler and the green goes quiet. It is one of the safer near-blacks for a north room because it does not turn blue there. South light lifts it to a soft charcoal and brings the green forward a touch, west light warms it toward olive at sunset, and east light barely moves it. Bulbs decide the evening: 2700K warms it and hides the green, 4000K cools it, and 3000K keeps it on the chip.
Watch for
- Beside a warm white or an oak floor the green shows; beside a gray-white it disappears.
- In a dim north room it reads as plain black and the mossy cast is lost.
- Next to a true green like Pewter Green SW 6208 it looks gray, so do not expect it to carry a green scheme on its own.
Best rooms and surfaces for Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom is at its best on kitchen cabinets, an island, a vanity or built-ins. Daylight across the doors shows the green, and the color reads as something more than black. It pairs with white oak, butcher block, marble and brass, unlacquered brass in particular, and with warm whites like Alabaster SW 7008 on the walls. Four walls in it suit a study, dining room or bedroom with a good window, and the room feels like a dark forest rather than a black box. An accent wall behind a bed or around a fireplace works with Reserved White SW 7056 elsewhere. It sits well with terracotta, leather and green plants; with cool blue-gray tile it can look muddy, and a windowless bathroom or hallway turns it to plain black.
Rock Bottom on an exterior
Rock Bottom is rated for exterior use. It suits a house with cedar, stone or a brown roof. Wood doors and copper or black fixtures pair well with it, since the green edge ties the paint to the materials. Reserved White SW 7056 trim keeps the scheme soft; Extra White SW 7006 gives the sharpest outline. On a front door against white or cream siding it reads in sun as a black with a green edge. That edge is the reason to pick it over Iron Ore SW 7069 there. In shade the two are hard to tell apart.
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Rock Bottom vs Iron Ore, Pewter Green and Urbane Bronze
Iron OreRock BottomRock Bottom vs Iron Ore SW 7069
Rock Bottom is a touch lighter; undertone faint green vs none (a true neutral).
Iron Ore SW 7069 is a hair darker, an LRV of 6 against 7, and a true neutral where Rock Bottom carries a faint green. On a wall Iron Ore reads as a soft black-gray and Rock Bottom as a black-green, and the gap is only visible in daylight beside white trim. Pick Iron Ore for a gray-and-white palette or a modern exterior. Pick Rock Bottom when the room has warm wood, brass and plants and you want the dark to belong to them.
Pewter GreenRock BottomRock Bottom vs Pewter Green SW 6208
Rock Bottom is noticeably darker; undertone faint green vs subtle yellow-leaning green.
Pewter Green SW 6208 is noticeably lighter, an LRV of 12, and a dark green-gray with a subtle green lean where Rock Bottom's is faint. Pewter Green reads as a green on cabinets in every light; Rock Bottom reads as a near-black with a green edge. Choose Pewter Green when you want the cabinets or the house to be green. Choose Rock Bottom when you want black with a hint of green under it.
Urbane BronzeRock BottomRock Bottom vs Urbane Bronze SW 7048
Rock Bottom is a touch darker; undertone faint green vs subtle yellow-brown.
Urbane Bronze SW 7048 is a touch lighter, an LRV of 8, and leans yellow-brown where Rock Bottom leans green. Both are near-blacks with a warm material palette in mind: Urbane Bronze sits with brick, leather and bronze, Rock Bottom with cedar, moss and brass. Pick Urbane Bronze when the surroundings are brown and warm. Pick Rock Bottom when they are green, gray-green or stone.
Questions about Rock Bottom
Does Rock Bottom look green?
Only a little, and only in daylight. Its measured undertone is a faint green, so beside white trim or an oak floor a wall in Rock Bottom shows a mossy cast. At night or in a north room it reads as plain near-black. If you want a dark that is clearly green, Pewter Green SW 6208 or Jasper SW 6216 carries more of it; Iron Ore SW 7069 carries none.
What colors go with Rock Bottom?
Reserved White SW 7056 is the trim and ceiling white Sherwin-Williams pairs with Rock Bottom, with Silver Strand SW 7057, a pale gray-green, and Felted Wool SW 9171, a warm mid gray, as its accents. In practice it sits well with white oak, butcher block, marble, brass, leather and terracotta, and Alabaster SW 7008 on the walls makes its green show.
Is Rock Bottom a good cabinet color?
Yes, and cabinets are where it shows best. Daylight across the doors brings out the green, so the kitchen reads as black-green rather than black, and it pairs with white oak, marble, butcher block and brass. Keep the walls in a warm white and the counters light, and use a satin finish; in a kitchen with one small window it reads simply black.
Does Rock Bottom work on a house exterior?
Yes. In full sun a house in Rock Bottom reads as a deep charcoal-green, greener than indoors and clearly not black. The shaded elevations go to near-black, so it changes through the day more than Iron Ore SW 7069 would. It suits cedar, stone and brown roofs. Check that the siding is rated for a dark color, since a near-black runs hot in sun.
What is one shade lighter than Rock Bottom?
Forestwood SW 7730 is the next lighter color on its fan-deck strip, an LRV of 8 to Rock Bottom's 7, a step too small to see on a wall. Thunder Gray SW 7645 is the first that shows. One shade darker is Foxhall Green SW 9184, with Olympic Range SW 7750 at the same depth. Shade-Grown SW 6188, among its closest matches, sits a touch lighter and a touch greener.
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