Color of the weekCalke Green · Farrow & Ball No. 34

Settled, side by side

Cherry Cola

Dunn-Edwards · DEA156

Brinjal

Farrow & Ball · No. 222

10
LRV
#894C3B
Hex
#5A4348
137 · 76 · 59
RGB
90 · 67 · 72
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep reddish brown with burnt sienna
Undertone
Aubergine — plum over brown, with the red held back
Red
Family
Purple
Perfect Palette — Accents
Collection
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In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Cherry Cola is a red, Brinjal a purple.

How they read

In their own words

Cherry Cola is a deep reddish brown from Dunn-Edwards' Perfect Palette accents — the color of the drink held up to the light, with burnt sienna underneath. At LRV 10 it is dark, saturated and enormously flattering to books, brass and patterned fabric.

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.

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