The Color Digest · Compare

Settled, side by side

Creekbed

Benjamin Moore · 1006

The taupe that makes marble look expensive

Savage Ground

Farrow & Ball · No. 213

Beige, but happy about it

33.34
LRV
#A99A8D
Hex
#D5C5A9
169 · 154 · 141
RGB
213 · 197 · 169
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Taupe — grey and brown in equal measure with a faint pink
Undertone
Warm sand with a little yellow; a beige with sunshine in it
Neutrals
Family
Neutrals
Classics Color Collection
Collection
Archive Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

Creekbed

1 room
All 1 room

Savage Ground

2 rooms
Savage GroundF&B No. 213
Savage GroundF&B No. 213
All 2 rooms

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Both belong to the neutrals family.

How they read

In their own words

Creekbed is a true taupe — grey and brown balanced so evenly that it reads as neither, with a faint pink warmth underneath. At LRV 33 it is a mid-tone, dark enough to feel like a color and light enough to keep a small room from closing in. It is the shade of wet river stone.

Savage Ground is a warm, sandy beige from Farrow & Ball's archive — a yellow-leaning neutral that reads as sunlit rather than safe. It is the color of a stone floor in a Provençal kitchen, and it makes a room feel warmer without asking anyone to notice why.

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