Eating Room Red vs Crabby Apple
Eating Room Red is a Farrow & Ball color while Crabby Apple comes from Sherwin-Williams. These are both pink-reds, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within pink-red to land. At LRV 12 vs 7, Eating Room Red will read as the brighter of the two — a 6-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 10.7, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Eating Room Red vs Crabby Apple in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Eating Room Red and Crabby Apple in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Eating Room Red has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Eating Room Red vs Crabby Apple Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Eating Room Red on one side and Crabby Apple on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
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