What is that sage green door paint?!

[Flossiechops]

Celebrating our wedding anniversary in bath where all of the gorgeous architecture has got me drooling! Lots of period doors painted in that gorgeous green colour. I currently have my Edwardian front door in f&b down pipe but I'm not keen so, what the hell is that perfect green that I lust after??? please tell me!!!

[PorkyandBess]

Our patio doors are F&B french gray which is 'that' shade of green.

[ogredownstairs]

F&b Green Smoke?

[Devora]

It's everywhere, isn't it? And very lovely. I painted my garage door in Cuprinol Wild Thyme, which is the poor woman's version, but I'm sure what you're after is a lovely Farrow & Ball.

A cheaper version might be Dulux Green Glade in their Weathershield range.

[NatureAbhorsAHoover]

flossie which is it? French Grey or Green Smoke??

[tedglenn]

might be F&B lichen - slightly chalky but a definite green. We had lots of people knock on our door to ask what colour it was painted!

[noddyholder]

Yes its french gray

[LittleFrieda]

I think it could also be F&B Ball Green, which is very slightly more green than French Gray.

[Brickle]

I've seen someone with F&B Cooking Apple Green undercoat and then the F & B French Grey over it - looked great

[fossil97]

Green smoke is quite dark. Lichen or French grey are much lighter like a lot of the doors you see on stone built houses.

I would love to know the poor woman's version of French Grey because I want to paint my stone window sills in it and am quaking at the thought of buying five litres of F&B masonry paint when I need about a quarter of it.

[Flossiechops]

I'm still not sure I look over and over at the f&b chart! It may be mizzle, French gray, or blue gray, it's so confusing . I think I need to patch test first! Thanks for all your help though tis a gorgeous colour!

[lightrain]

I have dulux highland glade 2 (specially made up in weather shield version). Love it, very sagey!

[EdMcDunnough]

Well it might not be F&B esp if it's so popular.

Round here everyone's got whatever is available in tough, outdoor paint I think - Oxford blue, dark red and so on. It might just be one of the Dulux weathershield ones.

I got a cheap tin of International with the 10 year guarantee, it might be a hideous brown but at least it's solid and that's all there was!

[eyestightshut]

We had this on our woodwork at our previous property - it was lovely www.dulux.co.uk/colour/gooseberry_fool_2, and nowhere near as expensive as F&B

[trixymalixy]

It could be f&b pigeon. We got loads of testers, French grey, lichen etc and pigeon was the colour that we liked best.

[Flossiechops]

You see everybody has a different opinion I'm even more now! I will get some testers of the recommended short list

[betterwhenthesunshines]

DH and i just call it 'the colour of the new century' :o

Tis a lovely colour, but I'm getting bit bored of it.

What about a smokey blue?

[GetDressed]

I bought the Dulux Green Glade recently for "that" colour and it isn't right. It's nice but not the one.

So I am still on the hunt but it must be a F&B colour.

[melmum]

Could be Fired Earth oak apple?

[Bearcat]

Just been down the wet garden into our shed to check the colour.
Our front door is painted with F & B exterior paint in Lichen (pale green).
I love it, and I had a lady knock on the front door once to ask me the colour. We live in a 30's house with original stained glass in front door.
I think at the time I bought this paint, just over a year ago, F & B's brochure had a front door pictured painted in Lichen.