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Settled, side by side

Savage Ground

Farrow & Ball · No. 213

Beige, but happy about it

Monet

Benjamin Moore · 1243

Dusty rose in a Venetian mirror

LRV
39.98
#D5C5A9
Hex
#BFA4A0
213 · 197 · 169
RGB
191 · 164 · 160
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Warm sand with a little yellow; a beige with sunshine in it
Undertone
Dusty mauve-pink over beige; a rose that has aged into lilac
Neutrals
Family
Pinks
Archive Collection
Collection
Classics Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

Savage Ground

2 rooms
Savage GroundF&B No. 213
Savage GroundF&B No. 213
All 2 rooms

Monet

1 room
MonetBM 1243
Design byThe Kirby Home
All 1 room

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Savage Ground is a neutrals, Monet a pinks.

How they read

In their own words

Savage Ground is a warm, sandy beige from Farrow & Ball's archive — a yellow-leaning neutral that reads as sunlit rather than safe. It is the color of a stone floor in a Provençal kitchen, and it makes a room feel warmer without asking anyone to notice why.

Monet 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.

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