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Hirshfield's black paint colors

17 black paint colors from the Historic Collection deck. LRV ranges from 11 (lightest) down to 4 (darkest). Click any swatch to see how it cross-matches at the 10 other US paint brands.

True black on a wall almost always looks heavier than you expected. The picks below — the "designer blacks" — sit just shy of pure black, with subtle blue, brown, or green undertones that keep them from reading like a void.

All 17 black paint colors from Hirshfield's

Grouped by undertone (warm → cool)
0585 · #4A4C45 · LRV 9
0536 · #454543 · LRV 8
0529 · #3A3B3B · LRV 6
H0098 · #454743 · LRV 6
0515 · #2A2B2C · LRV 5
H0101 · #383839 · LRV 4
0557 · #463E3B · LRV 7
0144 · #473933 · LRV 6
0543 · #423F3B · LRV 7
0431 · #464A3B · LRV 8
H0095 · #4B5445 · LRV 8
0459 · #4D5A4C · LRV 11
0466 · #465149 · LRV 10
0487 · #435454 · LRV 10
0494 · #3E4445 · LRV 7
0522 · #38393F · LRV 6
1229 · #40373E · LRV 6

Hex values are display approximations from Hirshfield's's published swatch tools — not guaranteed to match a physical sample under controlled lighting. Order a brand-direct sample before specifying.

Hirshfield's black paint colors by room

8 rooms

Rooms where black paint commonly works. Each link jumps to that room's curated picks across every brand — Hirshfield's included — so you can compare Hirshfield's black paint colors alongside the alternatives in context.

Other Hirshfield's color families

Black paint colors at other US brands

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