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 colorCreekbed
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Both belong to the neutrals family.
How they read
In their own wordsCreekbed 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.