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Settled, side by side

Faded Terracotta

Farrow & Ball · No. CC8

Monet

Benjamin Moore · 1243

LRV
39.98
#DCB594
Hex
#BFA4A0
220 · 181 · 148
RGB
191 · 164 · 160
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Sun-bleached clay; peach and sand with the red worn off
Undertone
Dusty mauve-pink over beige; a rose that has aged into lilac
Orange
Family
Pink
California Collection
Collection
Classics Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Faded Terracotta is a orange, Monet a pink.

How they read

In their own words

Faded Terracotta is exactly what the name promises: a clay orange that has been left in the light until the red drained out, leaving a soft, sandy peach. It comes from Farrow & Ball's California Collection, made with Kelly Wearstler, and it carries that West Coast ease — warm, dusty, never brash.

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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