Farrow and Ball Salon Drab 290

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Salon Drab for living room (13 photos)
Farrow and Ball Salon Drab for bathroom (1 photo)
Salon Drab for exterior (3 photos)
Farrow and Ball Salon Drab reviews (7 photos)
What are Farrow and Ball Salon Drab undertones?
Is Salon Drab 290 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Salon Drab
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Salon Drab 290
Code:	290
Name:	Salon Drab
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Salon Drab?

Farrow and Ball Salon Drab 290 is a muted, medium-dark olive brown with a noticeable gray cast that keeps it from reading too earthy or golden. Its low saturation gives walls a settled, slightly weathered appearance, especially in rooms with soft natural light. In brighter spaces, the warm brown undertone becomes clearer, while evening light can pull it toward a deeper charcoal-olive. Use Salon Drab on cabinetry, a study, dining room walls, or exterior trim alongside warm off-whites, aged brass, dark bronze, natural oak, and stone finishes.

Salon Drab for living room (13 photos)

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

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Farrow and Ball 290 for bathroom

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

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Salon Drab for exterior (3 photos)

Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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Farrow and Ball Salon Drab front door color

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Farrow and Ball Salon Drab reviews (7 photos)

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What are Farrow and Ball Salon Drab undertones?

The supplied digital sample reads as a mid-depth, very muted brown with a subtle yellow-brown bias and a noticeable gray cast. Farrow & Ball describes Salon Drab as a deep chocolate brown, which fits its overall brown character, though the provided digital sample looks more subdued than strongly chocolatey. Warm artificial light may bring out its slight yellow warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear grayer and closer to neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#706656

RGB code:

112, 102, 86

Is Farrow and Ball Salon Drab cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 37°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

290 Salon Drab HSL code: 37, 13%, 39%

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 Salon Drab

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 Salon Drab:

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 Salon Drab with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 217, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Graupel.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#706656
RGB Decimal	112, 102, 86
RGB Percent	43.92%, 40.00%, 33.73%
HSV	Hue: 37° Saturation: 23.21% Value: 43.92%
HSL	hsl(37, 13.13, 38.82)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.93 Yellow: 23.21 Key: 56.08
YIQ	Y: 103.166 I: 11.101 Q: -2.864
XYZ	X: 13.113 Y: 13.62 Z: 10.74
CIE Lab	L:43.683 a:1.108 b:10.493
CIE Luv	L:43.683 u:6.975 v:12.893
Decimal	7366230
Hunter Lab	36.905, -1.159, 8.579