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Settled, side by side

Townsend Harbor Brown

Benjamin Moore · HC-64

Faded Terracotta

Farrow & Ball · No. CC8

7.13
LRV
#624443
Hex
#DCB594
98 · 68 · 67
RGB
220 · 181 · 148
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Warm red over clay; a burgundy depth
Undertone
Sun-bleached clay; peach and sand with the red worn off
Red
Family
Orange
Historic Collection
Collection
California Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Townsend Harbor Brown is a red, Faded Terracotta a orange.

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.

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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