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Settled, side by side

Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

Foxy Brown

Benjamin Moore · 1181

42.41
LRV
31.32
Inventive Orange is 11.1 points lighter
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Hex
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232 · 157 · 111
RGB
185 · 141 · 125
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Undertone
Soft clay that sits between red and brown; reads terracotta in daylight
Orange
Family
Orange
Orange
Collection
Classics

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Inventive Orange is the lighter of the two at LRV 42.41, 11.1 points above Foxy Brown at LRV 31.32. Both read warm. Both belong to the orange family. For a whole room, Inventive Orange is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Foxy Brown 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.

Foxy Brown is Benjamin Moore 1181, a mid-depth clay that the brand describes as "a soft clay hue that strikes a balance between red and brown." Benjamin Moore lists it with an LRV of 31.32, so it holds real depth on a wall without going dark, and in daylight it reads closer to terracotta than to chocolate.

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