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

Settled, side by side

Socialite

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6025

Faded Terracotta

Farrow & Ball · No. CC8

20
LRV
#907676
Hex
#DCB594
144 · 118 · 118
RGB
220 · 181 · 148
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Dusty rose over a brown spine; a grayed red
Undertone
Sun-bleached clay; peach and sand with the red worn off
Purple
Family
Orange
Sherwin-Williams
Collection
California Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Socialite is a purple, Faded Terracotta a orange.

How they read

In their own words

Socialite is a muted, dusty rose built on a brown base — close enough to mauve to feel romantic, grounded enough to never read as pink. With a low LRV near 20 it brings real depth, the kind of moody, grayed red that makes a dining room or powder room feel considered.

Faded Terracotta is exactly what the name promises: a clay orange that has been left in the light until the red drained out, leaving a soft, sandy peach. It comes from Farrow & Ball's California Collection, made with Kelly Wearstler, and it carries that West Coast ease — warm, dusty, never brash.

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