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Settled, side by side

Costes

Portola Paints · Roman Clay

Foxy Brown

Benjamin Moore · 1181

LRV
31.32
#B07A62
Hex
#B98D7D
176 · 122 · 98
RGB
185 · 141 · 125
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Dusty rose-terracotta; clay with a pink heart
Undertone
Soft clay that sits between red and brown; reads terracotta in daylight
Orange
Family
Orange
Roman Clay
Collection
Classics

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Both belong to the orange family.

How they read

In their own words

Costes is a Portola Roman Clay — a hand-applied plaster finish rather than a paint — in a dusty rose-terracotta. Because Roman Clay is troweled on, the color is never flat: it moves between pale pink and deep clay across a single wall, and the surface has a soft, suede-like depth that photographs like stone.

Foxy Brown is Benjamin Moore 1181, a mid-depth clay that the brand describes as "a soft clay hue that strikes a balance between red and brown." Benjamin Moore lists it with an LRV of 31.32, so it holds real depth on a wall without going dark, and in daylight it reads closer to terracotta than to chocolate.

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