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FARROW & BALL · NO. 32

Farrow & Ball Cooking Apple Green#C4C6A5 · LRV 55

Cooking Apple Green reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 32 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL COOKING APPLE GREEN
RGB 196, 198, 165 LRV 55

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Cooking Apple Green
SKU No. 32
Hex #C4C6A5
RGB 196, 198, 165
HSL 64°, 22%, 71%
LRV 55
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Green

About Farrow & Ball Cooking Apple Green

At LRV 55, 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.

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.

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
Vapor
SKU 0407 · #C0C4A2 · LRV 53
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 green from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.5
All green at Benjamin Moore →
501
#C3C6A4
Mesquite
ΔE 0.5 · LRV 53
522
#CBC8A3
Dried Parsley
ΔE 2.32 · LRV 55
HC-119
#BFCBAD
Kittery Point Green
ΔE 3.89 · LRV
242
#CEC3A4
Laurel Canyon Beige
ΔE 5.72 · LRV 53
HC-90
#CEC3A4
Crown Point Sand
ΔE 5.72 · LRV 53

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.5
All green at PPG / Glidden →
1115-4
#C3C6A4
Sage Splendor
ΔE 0.5 · LRV 55
11-22
#C5C1A3
Northern Landscape
ΔE 2.9 · LRV 53
1113-3
#C5C1A3
Northern Landscape
ΔE 2.9 · LRV 53
1121-4
#BBC6A4
Quaking Grass
ΔE 3.35 · LRV 54
1030-2
#C3C7B2
Pale Pine
ΔE 3.98 · LRV 56

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.62
All green at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5528
#C7C7A1
Watercress
ΔE 1.62 · LRV 56
DE5535
#BCC09E
Light Pine
ΔE 1.88 · LRV 51
DEC775
#C7C4A5
Sea Glass
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 54
DE5493
#CCC7A1
Floating Lily Pad
ΔE 3.07 · LRV 56
DE6234
#C5C0AC
Serene Thought
ΔE 5.79 · LRV 53

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.65
All green at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7747
#BDC0A0
Recycled Glass
ΔE 1.65 · LRV 51
SW 6429
#C7CDA8
Baize Green
ΔE 2.39 · LRV 59
SW 6422
#CBC99D
Shagreen
ΔE 3.41 · LRV 57
SW 7738
#CDC4AE
Cargo Pants
ΔE 6.7 · LRV 56
SW 6443
#B3CBAA
Relish
ΔE 7.31 · LRV 55

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.91
All green at Behr →
MQ6-50
#C1C6AA
Desert Hotsprings
ΔE 1.91 · LRV 55
PPU10-08
#C0C6A9
Minted Lemon
ΔE 1.96 · LRV 54
PPU10-8
#C0C6A9
Minted Lemon
ΔE 1.96 · LRV 54
760D-4
#C6C69B
Lion
ΔE 2.87 · LRV 55
710C-3
#CBC3A4
Gobi Desert
ΔE 4.37 · LRV 54

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.91
All green at Magnolia Home →
JG-48
#C2BFA2
Gold Moss
ΔE 2.91 · LRV 51
JG-50
#C3C198
Sour Apple
ΔE 2.96 · LRV 52
JG-56
#BEC3B2
Clean Lines
ΔE 5.49 · LRV 53
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 8.56 · LRV 59
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 8.79 · LRV 58

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.99
All green at Valspar →
V059-3
#C3C89D
Green Almond
ΔE 2.99 · LRV 55.6
T638
#C4C6AF
Understory
ΔE 3.24 · LRV 55.1
V096-2
#C7C5AE
Tea Party
ΔE 3.84 · LRV 55
T640
#CBC5AD
Shaken or Stirred?
ΔE 4.9 · LRV 55.5
V061-2
#BBCBAA
Freshwater Green
ΔE 4.98 · LRV 56

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.63
All green at Clare →
PNT100-MD-63
#D1D0A6
High Vibe
ΔE 3.63 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 4.73 · LRV 60
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 6.4 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 8.37 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 11.52 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.08
All green at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 8.08 · LRV 65
BD-EA
#E5C580
Eames
ΔE 13.11 · LRV 60
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 17.29 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 21.48 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 21.94 · LRV 51

Similar Farrow & Ball colors

closest in the Farrow & Ball deck

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.

No. 15
Bone
LRV 55
No. 4
Old White
LRV 55
No. 211
Stony Ground
LRV 54
No. 16
Cord
LRV 56
No. 266
Mizzle
LRV 53
No. 283
Drop Cloth
LRV 52

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C4C6A5 in HSL space. Pair Cooking Apple Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C4C6A5 + #A7A5C6
TRIADIC
#C4C6A5 · #A5C4C6 · #C6A5C4
ANALOGOUS
#C6B8A5 · #C4C6A5 · #B4C6A5

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.75:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.97:1 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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