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Settled, side by side

Southwest Pottery

Benjamin Moore · 048

Margaux

Color Atelier · Lime Paint

16.56
LRV
#975F57
Hex
#7B3D3B
151 · 95 · 87
RGB
123 · 61 · 59
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Brown and red tones of kiln-fired clay; some see a hint of violet
Undertone
Deep burgundy red; wine-dark in limewash
Red
Family
Red
Benjamin Moore Classics
Collection
Lime Paint

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Both belong to the red family.

How they read

In their own words

Southwest Pottery 048 is a deep clay red from Benjamin Moore's Classics collection, described by the brand as "a nuanced hue that captures the brown and red tones of kiln-fired clay". Its LRV is 16.56, so it is a properly deep colour.

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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