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Settled, side by side

Brinjal

Farrow & Ball · No. 222

Georgian Brick

Benjamin Moore · HC-50

LRV
15.46
#5A4348
Hex
#985949
90 · 67 · 72
RGB
152 · 89 · 73
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Aubergine — plum over brown, with the red held back
Undertone
Rustic red-orange; fired clay rather than tomato
Purple
Family
Orange
Colour Card
Collection
Historical Colors

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Brinjal is a purple, Georgian Brick a orange.

How they read

In their own words

Brinjal is the Hindi word for aubergine, and the color is exactly the skin of one: a deep, brown-based plum that reads almost black until light finds the purple in it. With an LRV around 7 it is a true dark, and it is one of the most flattering darks there is — warmer than navy, softer than black, richer than charcoal.

Georgian Brick is a Historical Colors red-orange that Benjamin Moore describes as 'a rustic blend of red and orange'. It is the colour of weathered brick — warm, a little dusty, and far more livable than a true red.

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