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Settled, side by side

Poe

Portola Paints · Roman Clay

Margaux

Color Atelier · Lime Paint

#583C3C
Hex
#7B3D3B
88 · 60 · 60
RGB
123 · 61 · 59
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep plum
Undertone
Deep burgundy red; wine-dark in limewash
Purple
Family
Red
Roman Clay
Collection
Lime Paint

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Poe is a purple, Margaux a red.

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.

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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