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Brinjal

Farrow & Ball · No. 222

Honey Hut

Benjamin Moore · 2102-60

LRV
61.51
#5A4348
Hex
#E1CBC7
90 · 67 · 72
RGB
225 · 203 · 199
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Aubergine — plum over brown, with the red held back
Undertone
Pale dusty pink with a grey-beige base; blush through frosted glass
Purple
Family
Pink
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The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Brinjal is a purple, Honey Hut a pink.

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.

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.

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