Farrow's Cream vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Farrow's Cream belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. These are both beiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige to land. Farrow's Cream has an LRV of 72. Farrow's Cream runs warm while Slaked Lime Deep is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 11.3, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Farrow's Cream vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Farrow's Cream and Slaked Lime Deep 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
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Farrow's Cream vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Farrow's Cream on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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.
More Farrow's Cream comparisons
See how Farrow's Cream stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Farrow's Cream the marginally brighter of the two.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 72, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Farrow's Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Farrow's Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 41, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Farrow's Cream reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, Farrow's Cream is decisively the brighter choice.