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What paint colour is this?

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Smileymoo · 15/05/2012 09:35

Any suggestions as to what this paint colour might be?
www.realindarien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/96000011745741f_orh100000w410_FandB-web-comp.jpg
The blog is about Farrow and Ball but it doesn't say what colour is used in this picture, or indeed if it is even F&B. I'm looking for something like this for my front door. Wondering if it's F&B Oval Room Blue?

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doormat · 15/05/2012 09:37

looks like battleship grey to me

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MarySA · 15/05/2012 09:41

I looked up the chart. Two possibilities are Chappell Green or Oval Room Blue.

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AgnesBligg · 15/05/2012 09:51

Green Blue.

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ChippyMinton · 15/05/2012 09:55

No idea, but F&B just held a contest to find the best front door here, which may help?

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Smileymoo · 15/05/2012 12:39

Yes MarySA, could be Chappell Green too - hadn't considered that one. I think battleship grey is a bit greyer but it could be blue grey too. That what's so difficult about F&B colours - they always look so different in different lights. I'll probably just have to spend a small fortune of sample pots (and as always, end up with a result different to what I was expecting :) I had a look at the winners of the F&B front door competition. Interestingly, the winner only had 9.7% of the votes - so basically all of the entries were lovely!

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fossil97 · 15/05/2012 13:04

It might be Green Smoke which can look surprisingly light outdoors.

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member · 15/05/2012 13:16

I'd say Oval Room Blue or Dix Blue

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MarySA · 15/05/2012 13:20

So right about colours being different in different lights. A friend of mine was painting her lounge Elephants breath. I told her I wasn't keen. But now it's done it looks lovely. I think I liked the first door best. The one with the cat.

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Smellslikeweenspirits · 15/05/2012 13:20

It's not oval room blue. I'm in my oval room blue bedroom and it's much much bluer than that

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HillyWallaby · 15/05/2012 13:23

I'm going with Green Smoke as well. They tend to look lighter outdoors than in. I had Card Room Green on my old front door, and I'd say that's very similar but a bit deeper/darker. Based on the colour chart that would make it Green Smoke.

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AllBellyandBoobs · 15/05/2012 14:11

Looks like my front door which is Green Smoke

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AgnesBligg · 15/05/2012 16:43

changed my mind. It's Castle Gray.

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ogredownstairs · 15/05/2012 17:12

another vote for Green Smoke. It's what I used to have on my front and back doors in my old house.

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mathanxiety · 15/05/2012 17:12

Is it Card Room Green (maybe too green though outdoor light can have a muting effect) or Stone Blue?

This swatch site might be useful to you.

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FunnysInLaJardin · 15/05/2012 17:16

F&B used to do a range of National Trust colours for exteriors. We have Wheelbarrow on our doors which is a bit like this. I think the range has now been discontinued though

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Acertree2 · 29/07/2012 03:31

Farrow and Ball do not have National Trust Wheelbarrow on their current paint charts, however, Johnstone Leyland will mix it, though you will have to buy a litre as they do not show colour on their machine, it is a bluish greyish colour

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