The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Monet
Benjamin Moore · 1243
Dusty rose in a Venetian mirror
Dead Salmon
Farrow & Ball · No. 28
Not dead, just resting
In real rooms
Every room, each colorMonet
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersMonet is the lighter of the two at LRV 39.98, 5 points above Dead Salmon at LRV 35. Both read warm. Monet is a pinks, Dead Salmon a neutrals. For a whole room, Monet is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Dead Salmon 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.
Dead Salmon takes its name from an eighteenth-century decorating bill at Kedleston Hall, where 'dead' meant matte rather than deceased. The color is a muddy pink-beige — salmon left in the sun until only the memory of pink remains. At LRV 35 it is a real mid-tone with unusual depth for a neutral.