Farrow and Ball Chemise 216

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What are Farrow and Ball Chemise undertones?
Is Chemise 216 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Chemise
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Chemise 216
Code:	216
Name:	Chemise
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Chemise?

Farrow and Ball Chemise 216 is a muted mid-tone grey with a noticeable warm, brownish cast. Its low saturation keeps it soft rather than heavy, giving walls a grounded, gently weathered appearance. In brighter daylight, Chemise can read as a pale taupe-grey, while lower light draws out its deeper stone-like character. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a neutral needs more depth than an off-white. Pair it with chalky creams, dark wood, aged brass, linen upholstery, and charcoal accents for a restrained, layered scheme.

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What are Farrow and Ball Chemise undertones?

Chemise reads as a midtone, low-saturation grey with a soft, slightly warm cast rather than a crisp blue-grey look. The supplied digital sample has a very subtle orange-yellow bias, though it remains close to neutral and that bias may be hard to notice in practice. Farrow & Ball describes it as a “stony modern grey,” which fits its visibly muted grey main family rather than identifying a specific undertone. Warm artificial light may bring forward its faint warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear more neutral or slightly cooler.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#989188

RGB code:

152, 145, 136

Is Farrow and Ball Chemise cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 34°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

216 Chemise HSL code: 34, 7%, 56%

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 Chemise

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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

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 Chemise with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Hazy.

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Format	Code
HEX	#989188
RGB Decimal	152, 145, 136
RGB Percent	59.61%, 56.86%, 53.33%
HSV	Hue: 34° Saturation: 10.53% Value: 59.61%
HSL	hsl(34, 7.21, 56.47)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.61 Yellow: 10.53 Key: 40.39
YIQ	Y: 146.067 I: 7.063 Q: -1.32
XYZ	X: 27.517 Y: 28.704 Z: 27.377
CIE Lab	L:60.52 a:0.944 b:5.698
CIE Luv	L:60.52 u:4.653 v:7.773
Decimal	9998728
Hunter Lab	53.576, -2.078, 7.207