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Settled, side by side

Mississippi Mud

Benjamin Moore · 2114-20

Margaux

Color Atelier · Lime Paint

7.41
LRV
#52433E
Hex
#7B3D3B
82 · 67 · 62
RGB
123 · 61 · 59
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep brown with a violet cast; espresso with plum
Undertone
Deep burgundy red; wine-dark in limewash
Brown
Family
Red
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Collection
Lime Paint

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Mississippi Mud is a brown, Margaux a red.

How they read

In their own words

Mississippi Mud is a deep, dark brown that Benjamin Moore says carries 'distinctive violet tones' — and it does: beside a plain chocolate brown it looks faintly plummy. With an LRV near 7 it is one of the darkest browns in the range.

Margaux is Color Atelier's bold, deep red — a burgundy with the depth of the Bordeaux it is named for. In lime paint the colour is never uniform: it pools darker in the corners and lifts to a dusty rose where the light hits.

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