Farrow and Ball Clunch 2009

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Farrow and Ball Clunch reviews (1 photo)
What are Farrow and Ball Clunch undertones?
Is Clunch 2009 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Clunch
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Clunch 2009
Code:	2009
Name:	Clunch
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Clunch?

Farrow and Ball Clunch 2009 is a pale, softly muted neutral with a warm beige cast and a faint greyed quality that keeps it from reading as cream. Its low saturation gives walls a chalky, understated finish rather than a crisp white appearance. In bright daylight, Clunch can look lightly sun-warmed, while lower or north-facing light may draw out its quieter stone-grey side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a gentle backdrop is wanted without the brightness of white. Pair it with natural oak, linen, aged brass, and deeper mushroom or earthy brown accents for a grounded scheme.

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What are Farrow and Ball Clunch undertones?

Clunch reads as a light, very muted off-white with a soft yellow-beige cast rather than a crisp white. In the supplied digital sample, the yellow bias is subtle and low-confidence, so it is best understood as a gentle warmth within an otherwise near-neutral color. Farrow & Ball describes the name as referring to chalk stone used in off-white East Anglian building blocks, which fits its pale, chalky overall character. Warm artificial light may bring out its slight creamy warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear more neutral and lighter.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E3DCCB

RGB code:

227, 220, 203

Is Farrow and Ball Clunch cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 43°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

2009 Clunch HSL code: 43, 30%, 84%

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 Clunch

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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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

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 Clunch with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 223, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Graupel.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#e3dccb
RGB Decimal	227, 220, 203
RGB Percent	89.02%, 86.27%, 79.61%
HSV	Hue: 43° Saturation: 10.57% Value: 89.02%
HSL	hsl(43, 30.0, 84.31)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.08 Yellow: 10.57 Key: 10.98
YIQ	Y: 220.155 I: 9.634 Q: -3.81
XYZ	X: 68.049 Y: 71.83 Z: 66.763
CIE Lab	L:87.887 a:-0.488 b:9.203
CIE Luv	L:87.887 u:5.049 v:13.743
Decimal	14933195
Hunter Lab	84.752, -4.996, 12.621