Watering Can
JG-135 · #A19C96 · LRV 34 — warm red-orange tone, mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light.
- 1Black Fox7
- 2Pewter Green12
- 3Watering Can34
- 4Stardew43
- 5Sea Salt63
What Color Is Watering Can, Really?
Watering Can reads as a warm red-orange tone — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover how Magnolia Home JG-135 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Watering Can
Watering Can is versatile enough for full rooms but has enough depth to anchor a space, so it suits living rooms, bedrooms and cabinetry alike. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Watering Can
Watering Can sits in the mid-range at LRV 34, so it shifts visibly through the day — lighter and more open in morning light, deeper and moodier after dark. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. South-facing rooms will pull it lighter and warmer, while north light cools it down.
Most complaints about Watering Can are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Magnolia Home JG-135 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | BedrockSW 9563 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.1 | 34 | Color page → |
| Behr | Fashion GrayPPU18-15 · Behr | 0.6 | 34 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Willow Creek1468 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 34 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Gray MatterT521 · Valspar | 1.9 | 32.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ShadowyPPG0998-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 35 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Old Monterey Grey30YY 33/047 · Glidden | 0.6 | 33 | Color page → |
Similar Magnolia Home Colors
The nearest shades to Watering Can within Magnolia Home's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #A19C96 in HSL space. Pair Watering Can with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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