English Ochre
Benjamin Moore's English Ochre is a orange shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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26.32
English Ochre in Rooms
Follow English Ochre from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Living Room Photos
In a space shaped by conversation, quiet evenings and changing daylight, the most interesting quality of English Ochre (CW-290) may be the way it responds to upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. Its red undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Living room walls in English Ochre radiate warmth and vintage charm.
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Warm walls in English Ochre draw the eye through the living space.
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Living room painted in golden English Ochre creates inviting ambiance.
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Coordinating Colors
Parish White reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 26), opening up a space where English Ochre encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 26, Cornice Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 26, Oklahoma Wheat is decisively the brighter choice.
Sugar Cookie reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 26), opening up a space where English Ochre encloses it.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 42 vs 26, Beneath the Clouds is decisively the brighter choice.
English Ochre reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (31 vs 26) makes Van Courtland Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 26 vs 14, English Ochre is decisively the brighter choice.
English Ochre reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (26 vs 22) makes English Ochre the marginally brighter of the two.
Feather Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 26), opening up a space where English Ochre encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Golden Retriever reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 27 and 26, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 29 and 26, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 40 vs 26, Roxbury Caramel is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 26, Acorn Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
English Ochre reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (26 vs 19) makes English Ochre the marginally brighter of the two.
English Ochre reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 12), opening up a space where Satchel encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 26 vs 26), so neither reads brighter in a room.
English Ochre reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Distemper paint from 18th century wallpapers is the inspiration for elegant English ochre, which unites shades of golden yellow with light brown.