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Settled, side by side

Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

Georgian Brick

Benjamin Moore · HC-50

42.41
LRV
15.46
Inventive Orange is 26.9 points lighter
#E89D6F
Hex
#985949
232 · 157 · 111
RGB
152 · 89 · 73
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Undertone
Rustic red-orange; fired clay rather than tomato
Orange
Family
Orange
Orange
Collection
Historical Colors

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, 26.9 points above Georgian Brick at LRV 15.46. 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 Georgian Brick 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.

Georgian Brick is a Historical Colors red-orange that Benjamin Moore describes as 'a rustic blend of red and orange'. It is the colour of weathered brick — warm, a little dusty, and far more livable than a true red.

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