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Is the brick color rust, orange or terracotta?

Brick is the warm shade people argue about. The follow-ups below come in the order buyers actually ask them.

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The Colorist of New Orleans · · Updated

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The quick answer

Brick (corduroy COR-205) is a warm rust-orange, closer to burnt orange than to a red terracotta. It is the same fabric and color on the pouf, the couch and every teddy sofa listing; photo differences come from lighting and camera settings. Warm tones are hard to judge on screen, so order a sample if the exact shade matters.

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Key facts

  • Brick is corduroy code COR-205.
  • COR-205 reads as burnt orange rather than red terracotta.
  • The pouf, couch and teddy sofas in brick use the same fabric.
  • Brick is identical across the teddy sofa listings.
  • Photo-to-photo differences come from lighting and camera settings.
  • The brick on the main teddy sofa listing is the best reference.
  • Samples are recommended for warm tones.
  • The teddy sofa corduroy comes in about 9-10 colors, and brick is one of them.
  • Fabric swatches are palm-sized, about 4 x 4 to 6 x 6 in, and exactly the codes ordered are sent.
  • A standard teddy sofa is about 79 in long, so a whole sofa in brick puts a lot of warm color in one room.

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First question: is brick a red?

No. Brick is corduroy COR-205, and it sits closer to burnt orange than to a red terracotta: a warm rust-orange, the color of a clay pot after a summer on the steps rather than a fired roof tile. The workshop has also described it as the rust in the photos, so if rust is your word, you are close. The rest of the ribbed family is in the corduroy Swatch Library.

Next: why does the pouf look different from the couch?

Because the light changed, not the cloth. The pouf, the couch and every teddy sofa listing use the same brick fabric in the same color. Lighting and camera settings move warm tones around, and warm tones are the hardest to judge on a screen, so the brick on the main teddy sofa listing is the one to trust.

Daylight never lies; your screen sometimes does. Is your room lit by warm lamps or a north window? That tells you half of how brick will look at home. Screen versus daylight explains the other half, and corduroy wale and nap covers how the ribs handle light.

Then: is it a dupe for a designer teddy sofa?

Honestly, my friends, the replies disagree. Held against a well-known designer teddy sofa, one reply placed brick closer to that sofa's orange and another closer to its rust. Two readings of one color through two screens is the best argument for a sample I know. If it's that sofa's cream-white you're after, the workshop's off-white is the equivalent. The sofas themselves sit with the modular floor sofas.

A real project

More orange in the room than on the phone

A buyer wrote in after the brick sofa arrived: in person it looked more orange than expected. The fabric was the same brick used across every listing, and the photos had been honest about the cloth, but a phone and a living room are two different lights. A swatch would have shown it sooner, which is why a sample is the advice for every warm tone.

Brick is one fabric on the pouf, the couch and every teddy sofa; when two photos disagree, the lighting changed, not the corduroy.

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Buyer questions

  1. A common question

    Is corduroy COR205 a red terracotta?

    The workshop's answer

    It's closer to burnt orange. Lighting changes how the tone looks in photos.

  2. A common question

    Is brick more rust or more orange? The pouf and the couch look different to me.

    The workshop's answer

    Same fabric, same color: the rust shown in the photos. Differences between pictures come from lighting and camera settings, and the couch photo is the most accurate. One buyer still found it more orange than expected in person, so order a sample.

  3. A common question

    Is brick the muted shade or the brighter one in your photos?

    The workshop's answer

    Brick is the same across the teddy sofa listings. Use the brick on the main teddy sofa listing as your reference.

  4. A common question

    Is your brick closer to the orange or the rust of the designer teddy sofa?

    The workshop's answer

    Closer to the rust, according to that reply. For a cream-white look, the workshop's off-white is the equivalent, and it sent photos of both so the buyer could choose with their partner.

  5. A common question

    Does your brick match another brand's rust sofa?

    The workshop's answer

    Not exactly. That reply placed brick nearer the other brand's orange than its rust.

Questions buyers ask next

Is brick the right pick if I want a true rust?

Maybe. Brick is a warm rust-orange, described as closer to burnt orange than red terracotta, and replies comparing it with another brand's rust disagreed. If a particular rust matters, order a sample and look at it in daylight before choosing.

Which listing photo shows brick most accurately?

The brick on the main teddy sofa listing, with the couch photo also named as accurate. The same fabric is used on every teddy sofa, the pouf and the couch; other photos differ only through lighting and camera settings.

Is there a cream in the same corduroy for a softer look?

Yes, the off-white. When a buyer asked for the cream-white equivalent of a designer teddy sofa, the workshop pointed to its off-white and sent photos of both shades so the choice could be made side by side.