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FARROW & BALL · NO. 291

Farrow & Ball School House White#E2D5BA · LRV 73

School House White reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 291 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL SCHOOL HOUSE WHITE
RGB 226, 213, 186 LRV 73

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name School House White
SKU No. 291
Hex #E2D5BA
RGB 226, 213, 186
HSL 41°, 41%, 81%
LRV 73
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

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
Land of Trees
SKU 0328 · #E0D5B9 · LRV 67
ΔE 1.1 (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.

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.72
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6171
#E2D6BD
Sand Dollar
ΔE 0.72 · LRV 68
DE6191
#E2D8C3
Exclusive Ivory
ΔE 2.22 · LRV 69
DE6157
#E5D2B0
Bisque Tan
ΔE 2.8 · LRV 66
DEC748
#E3D3BF
Oyster
ΔE 3.53 · LRV 67
DE6135
#E9D3BA
Verona Beach
ΔE 4.43 · LRV 67

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.96
All neutral at Valspar →
6007-3B
#E1D5B8
Fennel Splash
ΔE 0.96 · LRV 66.9
8004-22B
#DED4BA
Dance With the Wind
ΔE 1.35 · LRV 66
8003-24B
#E5D6B5
Meadow Dew
ΔE 1.87 · LRV 68
3004-10C
#E6D5BE
Lovely Bluff
ΔE 2.84 · LRV 68.3
6006-3B
#DCD6BA
Lunar Tide
ΔE 3.34 · LRV 67.1

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.06
All neutral at Behr →
MQ2-31
#E3D8BE
Scribe
ΔE 1.06 · LRV 69
N290-3
#E4D9BB
Comfy Beige
ΔE 1.77 · LRV 70
PPU4-12
#DED2BC
Natural Almond
ΔE 1.82 · LRV 65
PPU7-17
#E2D5BF
Wax Sculpture
ΔE 1.85 · LRV 68
PPU7-18
#E7D3B8
Sand Pearl
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 67

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.15
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
233
#DFD4BC
Cream
ΔE 1.15 · LRV 66
240
#DED4B8
Delaware
ΔE 1.59 · LRV 66
CC-230
#DED4B8
Delaware
ΔE 1.59 · LRV 66
952
#E3D5BE
Cayman
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 68
CSP-250
#E0D4BE
Dulce
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 67

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.37
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7574
#E7D8BE
Echelon Ecru
ΔE 1.37 · LRV 70
SW 7575
#E0D1B8
Chopsticks
ΔE 1.61 · LRV 65
SW 7537
#E3D2B8
Irish Cream
ΔE 2.08 · LRV 66
SW 7526
#DFD2BF
Maison Blanche
ΔE 3.1 · LRV 66
SW 7555
#E2D3BF
Patience
ΔE 3.2 · LRV 67

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.4
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
14-19
#E4D5BC
Alpaca Wool
ΔE 1.4 · LRV 68
1094-2
#E3D3B5
Loofah
ΔE 1.4 · LRV 66
12-32
#E8D7B8
Sandcastle Symphony
ΔE 1.85 · LRV 69
1026-1
#E1D8BB
Namaste
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 69
1095-3
#E5D3B9
Almond Brittle
ΔE 2.47 · LRV 67

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.3
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-167
#E3D9C4
Morning Snow
ΔE 2.3 · LRV 70
JG-105
#D7CEAB
Tapestry Thread
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 62
JG-112
#DEDACE
Locally Sown
ΔE 6.01 · LRV 70
JG-132
#DAD8D1
Yarn
ΔE 8.04 · LRV 69
JG-24
#E4CDC0
Ella Rose
ΔE 8.95 · LRV 64

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.19
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-21
#DED3C1
Turbinado
ΔE 3.19 · LRV 66
PNT100-LT-20
#E4D6C7
Neutral Territory
ΔE 5.05 · LRV 69
PNT100-LT-68
#DFDDCB
Greenish
ΔE 5.44 · LRV 72
PNT100-LT-19
#E1DDCF
No Filter
ΔE 5.59 · LRV 72
PNT100-LT-18
#D8D3CD
Beigeing
ΔE 8.15 · LRV 66

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #E2D5BA in HSL space. Pair School House White with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#E2D5BA + #BAC7E2
TRIADIC
#E2D5BA · #BAE2D5 · #D5BAE2
ANALOGOUS
#E2C1BA · #E2D5BA · #DBE2BA

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.45:1 fail
Sample text on black
14.46:1 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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