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Settled, side by side

Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

Brinjal

Farrow & Ball · No. 222

42.41
LRV
#E89D6F
Hex
#5A4348
232 · 157 · 111
RGB
90 · 67 · 72
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Undertone
Aubergine — plum over brown, with the red held back
Orange
Family
Purple
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Collection
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In real rooms

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Inventive Orange is a orange, Brinjal a purple.

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.

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.

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