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Settled, side by side
Savage Ground
Farrow & Ball · No. 213
Beige, but happy about it
Silver Metallic
Meoded · Decorative plaster
Walls that catch the candlelight
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSavage Ground leans warm where Silver Metallic reads cool. Both belong to the neutrals family.
How they read
In their own wordsSavage 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.
Silver Metallic is a Meoded decorative plaster rather than a flat paint — a pewter-toned finish with a pearl sheen that shifts as you move through the room. In daylight it reads as a soft warm grey; at night, with candles and lamps, it glimmers like brushed metal.
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