Tanner's Brown

No. 255 · Farrow & Ball

Tanner's Brown No. 255 as a flat swatch, not a painted room

Farrow & Ball

Tanner's Brown

No. 255

Hex code

#4F4A4A

Light reflectance value (LRV)

7.1Very dark, close to black on a wall

0 black100 white

Undertone

Faint red, a true neutral

Color family: Black
Sold for: Interior and exterior

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Farrow & Ball Tanner's Brown No. 255 is a very dark black paint color with a faint red undertone and an LRV of 7, close to black on a wall.

Is Tanner's Brown warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers

too close to gray to lean

Undertone

Faint red

graysaturated

Barely off gray.

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