Farrow and Ball Cola 9918

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What are Farrow and Ball Cola undertones?
Is Cola 9918 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Cola
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Cola 9918
Code:	9918
Name:	Cola
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Cola?

Farrow and Ball Cola 9918 is a deep, low-saturation brown with a muted red-grey cast that keeps it from reading flat or black. In brighter daylight, its brown base becomes more apparent, while evening light draws it closer to a soft warm charcoal. It has enough depth for kitchen cabinetry, a study, or a dining-room feature wall, especially where pale trim can give it definition. Pair Cola with chalky off-whites, dusty clay tones, natural linen, dark wood, and aged brass for a grounded, tactile interior.

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What are Farrow and Ball Cola undertones?

Cola reads as a deep, very muted brown with a subtle red-leaning cast rather than a strongly saturated color. The supplied digital sample suggests only a slight warm bias, so its undertone is best viewed as gentle and context-dependent. Farrow & Ball describes Cola as a red-based brown with underlying warmth, which fits its visibly brown main family while explaining the restrained red warmth beneath it. Warm artificial light may bring out that warmth a little more, while cool daylight can make the color appear more neutral, darker, or slightly grayer.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#4D403D

RGB code:

77, 64, 61

Is Farrow and Ball Cola cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 11°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

9918 Cola HSL code: 11, 12%, 27%

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 Cola

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 brown shade looks under different lighting:

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

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

9918
Cola

244
London Clay

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 Cola with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 191, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Oval Room Blue.

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Cola

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