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Settled, side by side

India Yellow

Farrow & Ball · No. 66

Creekbed

Benjamin Moore · 1006

LRV
33.34
#C59C5D
Hex
#A99A8D
197 · 156 · 93
RGB
169 · 154 · 141
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep mustard yellow with ochre and brown in it; more earth than sun
Undertone
Taupe — grey and brown in equal measure with a faint pink
Yellow
Family
Beige
Colour Card
Collection
Classics Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. India Yellow is a yellow, Creekbed a beige.

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.

Creekbed is a true taupe — grey and brown balanced so evenly that it reads as neither, with a faint pink warmth underneath. At LRV 33 it is a mid-tone, dark enough to feel like a color and light enough to keep a small room from closing in. It is the shade of wet river stone.

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