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Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

Dinner Party

Benjamin Moore · AF-300

42.41
LRV
8.43
Inventive Orange is 34 points lighter
#E89D6F
Hex
#763637
232 · 157 · 111
RGB
118 · 54 · 55
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Undertone
Deep, understated red with wine-like depth
Orange
Family
Red
Orange
Collection
Affinity

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Inventive Orange is the lighter of the two at LRV 42.41, 34 points above Dinner Party at LRV 8.43. Both read warm. Inventive Orange is a orange, Dinner Party a red. For a whole room, Inventive Orange is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Dinner Party 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.

Dinner Party AF-300 is a deep red from Benjamin Moore's Affinity collection, described as "a deep, understated red that can be used in everyday spaces, as well as those reserved for special occasions". Its LRV is 8.43.

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