The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Honey Hut
Benjamin Moore · 2102-60
Blush with a pulse
Brinjal
Farrow & Ball · No. 222
Aubergine skin, not aubergine flesh
In real rooms
Every room, each colorBrinjal
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersHoney Hut is the lighter of the two at LRV 61.51, 54.5 points above Brinjal at LRV 7. Both read warm. Honey Hut is a pinks, Brinjal a reds & purples. For a whole room, Honey Hut is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Brinjal is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsHoney Hut is a pale dusty pink with enough grey-beige in it to stay sophisticated. At LRV 62 it is light and airy, but it is unmistakably pink — more so than Bride to Be, less so than Pink Cloud. It has the softness of a powder puff and none of the sugar.
Brinjal is the Hindi word for aubergine, and the color is exactly the skin of one: a deep, brown-based plum that reads almost black until light finds the purple in it. With an LRV around 7 it is a true dark, and it is one of the most flattering darks there is — warmer than navy, softer than black, richer than charcoal.