Farrow and Ball Bombazine 9902

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What are Farrow and Ball Bombazine undertones?
Is Bombazine 9902 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Bombazine
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Bombazine 9902
Code:	9902
Name:	Bombazine
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Bombazine?

Farrow and Ball Bombazine 9902 is a light, creamy beige with a clear golden-yellow cast. Its soft warmth keeps it from reading stark, while the pale value gives walls an open, softly lit appearance. In bright daylight, Bombazine can look like a gentle buff cream; under warmer artificial light, its honeyed undertones become more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is wanted without drifting into grey. Pair it with natural oak, woven linen, aged brass, and chalky white trim for a layered, tactile scheme.

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What are Farrow and Ball Bombazine undertones?

Bombazine reads as a light, softly muted cream-yellow, with enough yellow to look clearly colored rather than off-white. In the supplied digital sample, its relative undertone is a gentle yellow bias rather than a strong red, green, or gray cast. Farrow & Ball describes Bombazine as “somewhere between cream and yellow,” which aligns with its visible balance of pale creaminess and clear yellow warmth. Warm artificial light may make its yellow character look more noticeable, while cool daylight can make it appear cleaner and a little less warm.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E8D5A8

RGB code:

232, 213, 168

Is Farrow and Ball Bombazine cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 42° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

9902 Bombazine HSL code: 42, 58%, 78%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Bombazine

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Yellow shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Bombazine:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Bombazine with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 222, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Graupel.

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