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Settled, side by side

India Yellow

Farrow & Ball · No. 66

Alabaster

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7008

LRV
82.215
#C59C5D
Hex
#EDEAE0
197 · 156 · 93
RGB
237 · 234 · 224
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep mustard yellow with ochre and brown in it; more earth than sun
Undertone
Warm creamy white with a faint beige-yellow base
Yellow
Family
White
Colour Card
Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. India Yellow is a yellow, Alabaster a white.

How they read

In their own words

India Yellow is Farrow & Ball's deep mustard, described by the brand as "a strong and moody yellow". It is famously named after the pigment once collected from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves, and that story tells you what to expect: a yellow with earth and a little brown in it, closer to ochre than to lemon. Farrow & Ball names New White as its complementary white and suggests using it in moderation in small rooms, where its intensity can take over.

Alabaster (SW 7008) is a soft, creamy white with a faint beige-yellow undertone — warm enough to feel inviting, clean enough to still read as white. At LRV 82 it brightens a room without the starkness of a true white.

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