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FARROW & BALL · NO. 15

Farrow & Ball Bone#CEC3AD · LRV 55

Bone reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 15 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL BONE
RGB 206, 195, 173 LRV 55

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Bone
SKU No. 15
Hex #CEC3AD
RGB 206, 195, 173
HSL 40°, 25%, 74%
LRV 55
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Farrow & Ball Bone

At LRV 55, Bone is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Bone is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Cantera
SKU 0343 · #CEC5AF · LRV 56
ΔE 1.06 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all neutral from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.39
All neutral at Valspar →
M302
#CEC3AE
Ancient Relic
ΔE 0.39 · LRV 55.3
8004-23B
#CAC2AD
Snake Charmer
ΔE 1.43 · LRV 54
6006-1B
#CEC1AE
Oatbran
ΔE 1.87 · LRV 54.3
T567
#D0C2AE
Elk Antler
ΔE 1.94 · LRV 54.8
T640
#CBC5AD
Shaken or Stirred?
ΔE 2.77 · LRV 55.5

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.99
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7738
#CDC4AE
Cargo Pants
ΔE 0.99 · LRV 56
SW 7542
#CBC0AD
Naturel
ΔE 1.38 · LRV 53
SW 7529
#D4C5AD
Sand Beach
ΔE 1.86 · LRV 57
SW 7532
#CFC0AB
Urban Putty
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 54
SW 7527
#D0BFAA
Nantucket Dune
ΔE 3.15 · LRV 54

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
HC-83
#CEC5B0
Grant Beige
ΔE 1 · LRV 56
HC-45
#D1C2A7
Shaker Beige
ΔE 2.06 · LRV 54
976
#CAC4B0
Coastal Fog
ΔE 2.31 · LRV 53
CC-520
#CAC4B0
Florentine Plaster
ΔE 2.31 · LRV 53
CSP-315
#CEC0AE
Royal Flax
ΔE 2.67 · LRV

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.04
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6192
#D2C6AE
Nomadic Taupe
ΔE 1.04 · LRV 57
DEC767
#D2C5AE
Riverbed
ΔE 1.06 · LRV 57
DEC752
#CCBEAC
Birchwood
ΔE 2.81 · LRV 53
DEC747
#D5C3AD
Sahara
ΔE 3.35 · LRV 56
DEC746
#D5BFA5
Apache Tan
ΔE 4.66 · LRV 54

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.73
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
14-26
#C8C0AA
Hideaway
ΔE 1.73 · LRV 53
1101-3
#CEC1A5
Stylish
ΔE 2.1 · LRV 54
1021-2
#CFC5B6
Synchronicity
ΔE 2.79 · LRV 57
15-28
#CBC1B4
Great Gray
ΔE 3.64 · LRV 54
1076-3
#D0C2B4
Gotta Have It
ΔE 4.25 · LRV 55

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.13
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 2.13 · LRV 59
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 2.58 · LRV 58
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 4.47 · LRV 59
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 6.1 · LRV 54
JG-56
#BEC3B2
Clean Lines
ΔE 7.43 · LRV 53

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.21
All neutral at Behr →
290E-3
#D1C1A9
Classic Taupe
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 55
N270-3
#D1C1A7
Coco
ΔE 2.26 · LRV 54
PPU7-08
#D2C1A9
Baja
ΔE 2.64 · LRV 55
PPU7-8
#D2C1A9
Baja
ΔE 2.64 · LRV 55
HDC-NT-13
#D0C2B1
Merino Wool
ΔE 2.99 · LRV 55

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.63
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 3.63 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 9.38 · LRV 60
BD-EA
#E5C580
Eames
ΔE 12.33 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 13.29 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 20.46 · LRV 51

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.89
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 4.89 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 7.16 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 8.92 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 9.54 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-60
#DEC4B8
Meet Cute
ΔE 9.63 · LRV 58

Similar Farrow & Ball colors

closest in the Farrow & Ball deck

The nearest shades to Bone within Farrow & Ball's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

No. 4
Old White
LRV 55
No. 211
Stony Ground
LRV 54
No. 264
Oxford Stone
LRV 56
No. 283
Drop Cloth
LRV 52
No. 229
Elephant's Breath
LRV 53
No. 213
Savage Ground
LRV 57

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CEC3AD in HSL space. Pair Bone with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CEC3AD + #ADB8CE
TRIADIC
#CEC3AD · #ADCEC3 · #C3ADCE
ANALOGOUS
#CEB3AD · #CEC3AD · #C9CEAD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.75:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.03:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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