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Settled, side by side

India Yellow

Farrow & Ball · No. 66

Savage Ground

Farrow & Ball · No. 213

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Hex
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197 · 156 · 93
RGB
213 · 197 · 169
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep mustard yellow with ochre and brown in it; more earth than sun
Undertone
Warm sand with a little yellow; a beige with sunshine in it
Yellow
Family
Beige
Colour Card
Collection
Archive Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. India Yellow is a yellow, Savage Ground 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.

Savage Ground is a warm, sandy beige from Farrow & Ball's archive — a yellow-leaning neutral that reads as sunlit rather than safe. It is the color of a stone floor in a Provençal kitchen, and it makes a room feel warmer without asking anyone to notice why.

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