Farrow and Ball Bone 15

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Bone for living room (6 photos)
Farrow and Ball Bone reviews (8 photos)
What are Farrow and Ball Bone undertones?
Is Bone 15 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Bone
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Bone 15
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Bone 15
Code:	15
Name:	Bone
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Bone?

Farrow and Ball Bone 15 is a light, muted beige with a softly warm, slightly greyed cast. Its #cec3ad value reads as an understated neutral rather than a crisp cream, with enough earthy depth to avoid looking stark on broad walls. In bright daylight, Bone can appear gently sandy, while lower or cooler light draws out its subdued taupe-grey side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet backdrop is wanted, and can also give cabinetry a natural, low-contrast finish. Pair it with off-white trim, weathered oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, or deeper brown and charcoal accents.

Bone for living room (6 photos)

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Farrow and Ball Bone reviews (8 photos)

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What are Farrow and Ball Bone undertones?

Bone 15 appears as a light, muted yellow-beige neutral with low saturation and a soft, slightly weathered character. In the supplied digital sample, its yellow direction gives the color a gentle warmth, though it remains restrained rather than strongly creamy or golden. Farrow & Ball describes Bone as a soft grey with a touch of green; that description may help explain why its beige-yellow main family can read more neutral or greyed than a typical warm beige. Warm artificial light may bring forward its subtle yellow warmth, while cool daylight can make its muted, grey-leaning quality more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#CEC3AD

RGB code:

206, 195, 173

Is Farrow and Ball Bone cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 40°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

15 Bone HSL code: 40, 25%, 74%

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 Bone

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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

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 Bone with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Graupel.

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LRV of Bone

Bone has an LRV of 56% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 56%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#cec3ad
RGB Decimal	206, 195, 173
RGB Percent	80.78%, 76.47%, 67.84%
HSV	Hue: 40° Saturation: 16.02% Value: 80.78%
HSL	hsl(40, 25.19, 74.31)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.34 Yellow: 16.02 Key: 19.22
YIQ	Y: 195.781 I: 13.624 Q: -4.519
XYZ	X: 52.51 Y: 55.17 Z: 47.407
CIE Lab	L:79.139 a:0.19 b:12.448
CIE Luv	L:79.139 u:7.844 v:17.873
Decimal	13550509
Hunter Lab	74.277, -3.792, 14.152