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Tallow

Tallow is a beige paint color from Farrow & Ball, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. The room imagery and measured color data offer two complementary ways to read the shade.

LRV

86.57

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Light Reflectance Value
86.57
Light
TemperatureWarm

Tallow in Rooms

Follow Tallow from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 7 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.

1 Bathroom Photo

Tallow (203) brings its beige character into a compact setting where tile, fixtures and color sit close together. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.

Farrow and Ball Tallow 203 review

Farrow and Ball Tallow 203 review

@georgian.newbuild

6 Misc Photos

Viewed across 6 misc images in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, Tallow (203) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. Its LRV of 86.6 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.

Farrow and Ball Tallow 203 wall paint

Farrow and Ball Tallow 203 wall paint

@mjs_interiors_exteriors

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Stony Ground vs Tallow
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211 · LRV 54
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203 · LRV 87

Tallow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 54), opening up a space where Stony Ground encloses it.

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226 · LRV 64
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203 · LRV 87

Tallow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 64), opening up a space where Joa's White encloses it.

Drop Cloth
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Drop Cloth vs Tallow
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283 · LRV 52
Farrow & Ball
Tallow
203 · LRV 87

At LRV 87 vs 52, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.

Complementary Colors

Selvedge
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Selvedge vs Tallow
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306 · LRV 25
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203 · LRV 87

Tallow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 25), opening up a space where Selvedge encloses it.

Kittiwake
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Kittiwake vs Tallow
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307 · LRV 39
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203 · LRV 87

Tallow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 39), opening up a space where Kittiwake encloses it.

Lulworth Blue
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Tallow
Tallow
Lulworth Blue vs Tallow
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89 · LRV 45
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Tallow
203 · LRV 87

At LRV 87 vs 45, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.

Tallow
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Wine Dark
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Tallow vs Wine Dark
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203 · LRV 87
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308 · LRV 13

At LRV 87 vs 13, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.

Color Codes

RGB253, 237, 215
HSL35° 90% 92%
CMYK0 6 15 1
CIE LabL: 94.5 a: 1.9 b: 12.6
XYZX: 83.06 Y: 86.36 Z: 76.56