Farrow and Ball Book Room Red 50

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Book Room Red for bedroom (4 photos)
Book Room Red for living room (4 photos)
Farrow and Ball Book Room Red for bathroom (1 photo)
Farrow and Ball Book Room Red reviews (10 photos)
What are Farrow and Ball Book Room Red undertones?
Is Book Room Red 50 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Book Room Red
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Book Room Red 50
Code:	50
Name:	Book Room Red
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Book Room Red?

Farrow and Ball Book Room Red 50 is a muted, medium-depth red with a noticeable dusty rose and clay-brown cast. Its softened saturation keeps it from reading as a sharp primary red, giving walls a grounded, lived-in appearance. In brighter daylight, the warm pinkish terracotta notes become clearer, while lower light can draw out its deeper, earthier side. Use Book Room Red on a dining room wall, a study, or painted cabinetry where a fuller color can anchor pale wood and natural linen. Creamy off-whites, warm taupes, aged brass, and walnut are particularly comfortable companions for this shade.

Book Room Red for bedroom (4 photos)

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing red shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Book Room Red for living room (4 photos)

Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this red shade can create a unique space

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Farrow and Ball 50 for bathroom

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm dark red real bathrooms.

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Farrow and Ball Book Room Red reviews (10 photos)

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What are Farrow and Ball Book Room Red undertones?

Book Room Red reads as a midtone, muted red with a clear earthy terracotta character and moderate saturation. In the supplied digital color, it shows a slight warm yellow bias alongside its red base, which keeps it from looking like a clean or bright red. Farrow & Ball describes it as an “aged terracotta” and “the muddiest of our reds,” language that fits its visibly softened, brownish-red appearance. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its red and earthy warmth, while cool daylight can make the muted, less-orange side of the color more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#A6675A

RGB code:

166, 103, 90

Is Farrow and Ball Book Room Red cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 10°, this dark red reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

50 Book Room Red HSL code: 10, 30%, 50%

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 Book Room Red

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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Morning

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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 dark red shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Book Room Red:

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 Book Room Red with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 190, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Oval Room Blue.

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