The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Monet
Benjamin Moore · 1243
Dusty rose in a Venetian mirror
Brinjal
Farrow & Ball · No. 222
Aubergine skin, not aubergine flesh
In real rooms
Every room, each colorMonet
1 roomBrinjal
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersMonet is the lighter of the two at LRV 39.98, 33 points above Brinjal at LRV 7. Both read warm. Monet is a pinks, Brinjal a reds & purples. For a whole room, Monet is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Brinjal is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsMonet is a dusty, mauve-leaning pink with a beige base — a rose that has softened into something closer to lilac. At LRV 40 it is a real mid-tone, dark enough to feel enveloping in a small room and light enough to keep a powder room from going gloomy.
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.