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Settled, side by side

Georgian Brick

Benjamin Moore · HC-50

Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

15.46
LRV
42.41
Inventive Orange is 26.9 points lighter
#985949
Hex
#E89D6F
152 · 89 · 73
RGB
232 · 157 · 111
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Rustic red-orange; fired clay rather than tomato
Undertone
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Orange
Family
Orange
Historical Colors
Collection
Orange

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Inventive Orange is the lighter of the two at LRV 42.41, 26.9 points above Georgian Brick at LRV 15.46. Both read warm. Both belong to the orange family. For a whole room, Inventive Orange is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Georgian Brick is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Georgian Brick is a Historical Colors red-orange that Benjamin Moore describes as 'a rustic blend of red and orange'. It is the colour of weathered brick — warm, a little dusty, and far more livable than a true red.

Inventive Orange is a mid-light, clear apricot — a genuine orange rather than a terracotta, with a warm yellow-red base. At LRV 42 it is bright enough to lift a room and saturated enough to read as a deliberate choice.

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