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Settled, side by side

Dead Salmon

Farrow & Ball · No. 28

Monet

Benjamin Moore · 1243

LRV
39.98
#B09B8C
Hex
#BFA4A0
176 · 155 · 140
RGB
191 · 164 · 160
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Muddy pink-beige; a rose that has faded into taupe
Undertone
Dusty mauve-pink over beige; a rose that has aged into lilac
Pink
Family
Pink
Colour Card
Collection
Classics Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Both belong to the pink family.

How they read

In their own words

Dead 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.

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