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Colour notes
Undertone, LRV and pairing advice for each colour. The numbers come from sRGB relative luminance, with no adjectives attached.
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28 September 2026Colour Note: Linen Fold (#E7DFD2, LRV 74)
A greige that keeps its neutrality next to wood. Linen Fold is 74 LRV with a slight green-grey lean, which is what stops it reading as pink or yellow when it sits again…
11 September 2026Colour Note: Ochre Field (#D9A44A, LRV 42)The hardest colour in the palette to use well, because at LRV 42 an ochre changes character three times a day. Used on one wall against a 74 LRV neutral it is warm and …
31 August 2026Colour Note: Chalk Wash (#F2EDE4, LRV 85)The off-white that stops a room going cold. Chalk Wash carries a faint yellow-brown undertone that reads as warm at any hour, which is exactly why it is the wrong choic…