The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Dead Salmon
Farrow & Ball · No. 28
Not dead, just resting
Monet
Benjamin Moore · 1243
Dusty rose in a Venetian mirror
In real rooms
Every room, each colorMonet
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersMonet is the lighter of the two at LRV 39.98, 5 points above Dead Salmon at LRV 35. Both read warm. Dead Salmon is a neutrals, Monet a pinks. For a whole room, Monet is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Dead Salmon is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsDead Salmon takes its name from an eighteenth-century decorating bill at Kedleston Hall, where 'dead' meant matte rather than deceased. The color is a muddy pink-beige — salmon left in the sun until only the memory of pink remains. At LRV 35 it is a real mid-tone with unusual depth for a neutral.
Monet is a dusty, mauve-leaning pink with a beige base — a rose that has softened into something closer to lilac. At LRV 40 it is a real mid-tone, dark enough to feel enveloping in a small room and light enough to keep a powder room from going gloomy.