Mayflower Red
Mayflower Red begins as a orange color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. It appears in Historical Colors, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#9E624DLRV
17.37
Mayflower Red in Rooms
Follow Mayflower Red from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 House Photos
Viewed across 2 house images in an exterior viewed across distance, weather and the changing sky, Mayflower Red (HC-49) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 17.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
House exterior painted in Mayflower Red makes a striking architectural statement.
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Exterior walls in Mayflower Red provide timeless curb appeal.
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Coordinating Colors
Cedar Key reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 17), opening up a space where Mayflower Red encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 17, Mayonnaise is decisively the brighter choice.
Manchester Tan reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 17), opening up a space where Mayflower Red encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 17, Simply White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 18 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Aegean Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 17, Blue Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Beneath the Clouds reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 17), opening up a space where Mayflower Red encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 17), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Van Courtland Blue reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 17), opening up a space where Mayflower Red encloses it.
Mayflower Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 17), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 20 vs 17), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 18 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 30 vs 17, Roman Shade is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 17, Santa Rosa is decisively the brighter choice.
Lenape Trail reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 17 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (17 vs 9) makes Mayflower Red the marginally brighter of the two.
Mayflower Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mayflower Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A warm rust-colored hue with notes of red, orange, and brown.