Farrow and Ball Pale Hound 71

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Pale Hound for bedroom (3 photos)
Pale Hound for living room (2 photos)
Farrow and Ball Pale Hound reviews (6 photos)
What are Farrow and Ball Pale Hound undertones?
Is Pale Hound 71 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Pale Hound
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Pale Hound 71
Code:	71
Name:	Pale Hound
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Pale Hound?

Farrow and Ball Pale Hound 71 is a light, muted cream with a noticeable yellow-beige cast rather than a crisp white appearance. Its low saturation keeps the color soft and chalky, giving walls a gentle warmth without reading strongly golden. In bright daylight, Pale Hound can look airy and lightly sun-washed, while evening light tends to draw out its warmer beige notes. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a pale neutral is wanted with more depth than plain white. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven linen, and matte black or aged brass details for a grounded finish.

Pale Hound for bedroom (3 photos)

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

Farrow and Ball Pale Hound bedroom interior

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Pale Hound for living room (2 photos)

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

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Farrow and Ball Pale Hound living room color

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Farrow and Ball Pale Hound reviews (6 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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Farrow and Ball Pale Hound dining room color

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What are Farrow and Ball Pale Hound undertones?

Pale Hound is a light, muted yellow with a soft, low-saturation character rather than a bright or crisp one. In the supplied digital sample, it leans slightly toward green within its yellow family, which can make it read as an aged, earthy yellow rather than buttery or orange-gold. Farrow & Ball describes it as a “delicately aged yellow,” which aligns with that visibly softened yellow appearance. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its yellow warmth, while cool daylight can make its muted, slightly green-leaning side more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E5DDB9

RGB code:

229, 221, 185

Is Farrow and Ball Pale Hound cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 49°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

71 Pale Hound HSL code: 49, 46%, 81%

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 Pale Hound

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 Pale Hound:

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 Pale Hound with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 229, such as Farrow and Ball Graupel and Titmouse Blue.

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