Bitter Chocolate is a dark brown from Fleetwood, hex #472A18. Its light reflectance value is 3.1, so it absorbs light and suits rooms that already get plenty of it.
- HEX
- #472A18
- RGB
- 71, 42, 24
- HSL
- 23°, 49%, 19%
- CMYK
- 0, 41, 66, 72
- LRV
- 3.1
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
Try it by lamplight, from another angle, or with a different white on the trim, then share the link. It's a rendered room on a screen, so treat it as a guide and try a sample pot before you commit.
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Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to Bitter Chocolate are Dark Oak by Johnstone's (close alternative), Country Oak by Ronseal (close alternative) and Flame Frenzy 1 by Dulux (close alternative).
ΔE is the colour difference: under 1.5 is hard to tell apart, under 3.5 reads as the same colour, and past 6 is a different colour.
Closest Johnstone's paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Johnstone's has no true equivalent to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Fleetwood and Johnstone's range to range.
Closest Ronseal paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Ronseal has no true equivalent to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Fleetwood and Ronseal range to range.
Closest Dulux paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Dulux has no true equivalent to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Fleetwood and Dulux range to range.
Closest Benjamin Moore paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Benjamin Moore has no true equivalent to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Fleetwood and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Closest Acres Hall paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Acres Hall has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Acres Hall range to range.
Closest Dulux Trade paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Dulux Trade has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Dulux Trade range to range.
Closest Colourtrend paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Colourtrend has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Colourtrend range to range.
Closest Little Greene paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Little Greene has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Little Greene range to range.
Closest Dulux Heritage paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Dulux Heritage has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Closest Lick paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Lick has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Lick range to range.
Closest Alchemist paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Alchemist has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Alchemist range to range.
Closest Farrow & Ball paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Farrow & Ball has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Closest Farrelly & Co paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Farrelly & Co has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Closest Curator paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Curator has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Curator range to range.
Closest Crown paints to Fleetwood Bitter Chocolate
Crown has nothing close to Fleetwood's Bitter Chocolate. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Fleetwood and Crown range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Fleetwood against another brand, a cross-section at a time.
Works well with
Real paints for each job in the room: the trim, the walls around it, deeper and paler versions, and an accent.
Whites for trim
Whites whose undertone agrees with this colour, for woodwork and ceilings.
Neutrals alongside
Quieter colours of the same temperature, for the other walls or the room next door.
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker versions of this same colour.
Where it sits in the Browns
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of Bitter Chocolate on it, so some of them look quite different.
Bitter Chocolate is the 50th of 693 browns Swatcher knows about.