Cooking Apple Green
No. 32 · #C1C3A4 · LRV 53 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Cooking Apple Green53
- 4Morning Zen60
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Cooking Apple Green, Really?
Cooking Apple Green reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Farrow & Ball No. 32 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cooking Apple Green
Cooking Apple Green 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Cooking Apple Green
At LRV 53, Cooking Apple Green is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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.
Most complaints about Cooking Apple Green are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Farrow & Ball No. 32 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Recycled GlassSW 7747 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.0 | 51 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sage BrushS370-3 · Behr | 0.5 | 52 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Mesquite501 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 53 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Bayou Shade6006-3C · Valspar | 4.2 | 52 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sage SplendorPPG1115-4 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 54 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Northern LandscapePPG1113-3 · Glidden | 2.6 | 53 | Color page → |
Similar Farrow & Ball Colors
The nearest shades to Cooking Apple Green within Farrow & Ball's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #C1C3A4 in HSL space. Pair Cooking Apple Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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