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Settled, side by side

Townsend Harbor Brown

Benjamin Moore · HC-64

Dead Salmon

Farrow & Ball · No. 28

7.13
LRV
#624443
Hex
#B09B8C
98 · 68 · 67
RGB
176 · 155 · 140
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Warm red over clay; a burgundy depth
Undertone
Muddy pink-beige; a rose that has faded into taupe
Red
Family
Pink
Historic Collection
Collection
Colour Card

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Townsend Harbor Brown is a red, Dead Salmon a pink.

How they read

In their own words

Townsend Harbor Brown is a near-black with a secret: a warm red undertone that reveals itself as burgundy the moment any light touches it. With an LRV of just 7.13 it absorbs almost everything, which is exactly why it makes such a rich, enveloping backdrop for moody rooms, cabinetry and front doors.

Dead Salmon takes its name from an eighteenth-century decorating bill at Kedleston Hall, where 'dead' meant matte rather than deceased. The color is a muddy pink-beige — salmon left in the sun until only the memory of pink remains. At LRV 35 it is a real mid-tone with unusual depth for a neutral.

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