Color of the weekCalke Green · Farrow & Ball No. 34

Settled, side by side

Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

Bride to Be

Benjamin Moore · 1009

42.41
LRV
70.69
Bride to Be is 28.3 points lighter
#E89D6F
Hex
#E8DCD1
232 · 157 · 111
RGB
232 · 220 · 209
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Undertone
Pale blush-beige; a pink so quiet it passes as a warm neutral
Orange
Family
Pink
Orange
Collection
Classics Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Bride to Be is the lighter of the two at LRV 70.69, 28.3 points above Inventive Orange at LRV 42.41. Both read warm. Inventive Orange is a orange, Bride to Be a pink. For a whole room, Bride to Be is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Inventive Orange is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

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.

Bride to Be is a whisper of pink folded into a warm off-white. At LRV 71 it is light enough to use as a whole-room neutral, and in most light it reads as a soft, flattering beige — the blush only shows when you put it next to a true white. It is the color of the inside of a shell.

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