Color of the weekCalke Green · Farrow & Ball No. 34

Settled, side by side

Pashmina

Benjamin Moore · AF-100

Creekbed

Benjamin Moore · 1006

44.2
LRV
33.34
Pashmina is 10.9 points lighter
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Hex
#A99A8D
187 · 178 · 161
RGB
169 · 154 · 141
Neutral
Warmth
Warm
Pashmina is neutral; Creekbed is warm.
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Undertone
Taupe — grey and brown in equal measure with a faint pink
Beige
Family
Beige
Affinity
Collection
Classics Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Pashmina is the lighter of the two at LRV 44.2, 10.9 points above Creekbed at LRV 33.34. Pashmina leans neutral where Creekbed reads warm. Both belong to the beige family. For a whole room, Pashmina is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Creekbed is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Pashmina is Benjamin Moore's most even-handed taupe: the brand describes it as 'perfectly balanced between warm and cool, light and dark'. It belongs to the Affinity collection, designed so that every colour in it harmonises with every other.

Creekbed is a true taupe — grey and brown balanced so evenly that it reads as neither, with a faint pink warmth underneath. At LRV 33 it is a mid-tone, dark enough to feel like a color and light enough to keep a small room from closing in. It is the shade of wet river stone.

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