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Mahogany

Farrow & Ball's Mahogany is a grey shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.

LRV

6.88

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Light Reflectance Value
6.88
Dark
TemperatureNeutral

Mahogany in Rooms

Follow Mahogany from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 17 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.

2 Living Room Photos

The 2 living room images turn a grey swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.

Farrow and Ball Mahogany living room color review

Farrow and Ball Mahogany living room color review

@seachangeinteriors

Farrow and Ball Mahogany living room

Farrow and Ball Mahogany living room

@thomasmachinteriors

7 Bedroom Photos

In a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, the most interesting quality of Mahogany (36) may be the way it responds to bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures. The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.

Farrow and Ball Mahogany bedroom paint review

Farrow and Ball Mahogany bedroom paint review

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1 House Photo

1 sourced room photo gives the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Mahogany (36) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.

Farrow and Ball Mahogany exterior paint

Farrow and Ball Mahogany exterior paint

@jenny_interiors_addict

7 Misc Photos

7 misc images place Mahogany (36) in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. With an LRV of 6.9, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.

Farrow and Ball Mahogany painted furniture review

Farrow and Ball Mahogany painted furniture review

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Similar Colors

Mahogany
Mahogany
Tanner's Brown
Tanner's Brown
Mahogany vs Tanner's Brown
Farrow & Ball
Mahogany
36 · LRV 7
Farrow & Ball
Tanner's Brown
255 · LRV 7

With LRVs of 7 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Complementary Colors

Mahogany
Mahogany
Oval Room Blue
Oval Room Blue
Mahogany vs Oval Room Blue
Farrow & Ball
Mahogany
36 · LRV 7
Farrow & Ball
Oval Room Blue
85 · LRV 32

At LRV 32 vs 7, Oval Room Blue is decisively the brighter choice.

Hazy
Hazy
Mahogany
Mahogany
Hazy vs Mahogany
Farrow & Ball
Hazy
CC6 · LRV 51
Farrow & Ball
Mahogany
36 · LRV 7

Hazy reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 7), opening up a space where Mahogany encloses it.

Dix Blue
Dix Blue
Mahogany
Mahogany
Dix Blue vs Mahogany
Farrow & Ball
Dix Blue
82 · LRV 41
Farrow & Ball
Mahogany
36 · LRV 7

Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 7), opening up a space where Mahogany encloses it.

Ancona Blue
Ancona Blue
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ancona Blue vs Mahogany
Farrow & Ball
Ancona Blue
9805 · LRV 48
Farrow & Ball
Mahogany
36 · LRV 7

At LRV 48 vs 7, Ancona Blue is decisively the brighter choice.

Inchyra Blue
Inchyra Blue
Mahogany
Mahogany
Inchyra Blue vs Mahogany
Farrow & Ball
Inchyra Blue
289 · LRV 13
Farrow & Ball
Mahogany
36 · LRV 7

A 6-point LRV gap (13 vs 7) makes Inchyra Blue the marginally brighter of the two.

Color Codes

RGB82, 72, 71
HSL5° 7% 30%
CMYK0 12 13 68
CIE LabL: 31.5 a: 4.0 b: 2.1
XYZX: 0.07 Y: 0.07 Z: 0.07