The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Brinjal
Farrow & Ball · No. 222
Aubergine skin, not aubergine flesh
Honey Hut
Benjamin Moore · 2102-60
Blush with a pulse
In real rooms
Every room, each colorBrinjal
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersHoney Hut is the lighter of the two at LRV 61.51, 54.5 points above Brinjal at LRV 7. Both read warm. Brinjal is a reds & purples, Honey Hut a pinks. For a whole room, Honey Hut is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Brinjal is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsBrinjal 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.
Honey Hut is a pale dusty pink with enough grey-beige in it to stay sophisticated. At LRV 62 it is light and airy, but it is unmistakably pink — more so than Bride to Be, less so than Pink Cloud. It has the softness of a powder puff and none of the sugar.