F&B - pigeon

[Armbags]

Has anyone had experience of Farrow and Ball 'pigeon'?
Is it green?!
I bought Cromarty thinking it was going to be grey but it's like apple green In some lights. Pigeon is two shades darker and looks lovely in the swatch card but I don't think that's a true indication.
I'm spending a flipping fortune on testers at nearly £5 a pot so don't want to waste more money!
Anyone know?
Why do swatches NEVER look like the colour of the actual paint? (rhetorical question/gripe, but if anyone knows I'd be very interested )

[DavetheCat2001]

I have a wardrobe painted in F&B Pigeon. It came like that.

It's a blue grey. I can post a pic if you want?

[gininteacupsandleavesonthelawn]

It's blue grey. I have a tester pot on my vestibule ceiling which is shortly to be painted pigeon. With drop cloth walls just in case you're interested...

[gininteacupsandleavesonthelawn]

I find f&b swatches very accurate but the do change according to varying daylight etc. Very clever colours

[HeyMacWey]

I have it in a south easterly room and it's more green than blue in there.
Definitely green in bright morning light.

[HeyMacWey]

This is it just now not in direct sunlight , but it's more green in real life.

[HeyMacWey]

I mean darker, not more green.

[HeyMacWey]

It's the colour in the picture first thing in the morning when it has the sunlight shining on it.

[DavetheCat2001]

This is my wardrobe. Not great light in my bedroom currently.

[Phalarope]

It's really really green in our northwest-facing bedroom. Didn't look green on the tester patch - we were after grey-blue. We did the woodwork in it too, so no escaping the green. I quite like it now (and couldn't face redoing it) but will choose something else when we eventually come to redecorate.

[Armbags]

Thank you all so much and sorry for my late replies as I was at work.
Just sitting in the car park outside the paint shop about to dive in and see what samples they've got in.
I'll update again tonight!

[Armbags]

Yes it's basically dark green isn't it? But I like it... I think.
It doesn't look anything like Dave or Hey's pictures. (Nice wardrobe btw )

The one above is purbeck stone which looks precisely nothing like the photos in the F&B inspiration book. It's quite... well, mushroomy

[Bertucci]

We have it on two garden benches. It's a gorgeous colour, def blue/grey.

[Armbags]

This is the look I was ripping off going for. Complete with yellow chair.

This is purbeck but it's just not like this in our light so I don't think it'll work.
It's a basement room with quite powerful white LED lighting.

I'd give anything to employ an interior designer right now!

[Armbags]

Also I really just want an opportunity to use the excellent word vestibule so do let us know how your vestibule ceiling turns out gin.

[gininteacupsandleavesonthelawn]

Haha! I will! It sounds so pretentious but I can't think of another word...

[buttermecup]

I tested it for my kitchen cupboards. It was very green in a bright south facing room. I went for Light Blue which is really greeny/grey.