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Settled, side by side

Poe

Portola Paints · Roman Clay

Inventive Orange

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633

LRV
42.41
#583C3C
Hex
#E89D6F
88 · 60 · 60
RGB
232 · 157 · 111
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep plum
Undertone
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Purple
Family
Orange
Roman Clay
Collection
Orange

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Poe is a purple, Inventive Orange a orange.

How they read

In their own words

Poe is a Roman Clay colour from Portola Paints, which describes it as a "deep plum". Portola says it was originally named Black Magic and was inspired by the writing of Edgar Allan Poe.

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.

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