That this piece of furniture is the wrong colour...?

[FlappicusSmith]

We ordered a piece of furniture painting in a specific colour, but I think the manufacturer has done it in the wrong one. Which of these two colours: De Nimes or Down Pipe do you think it's been painted in? (Image might take a few minutes to show up!)
AIBU: De Nimes
AINBU: Down Pipe

It looks like oval room blue most to me

Closest to De Nimes but a bit darker than that

Did they definitely use F and B paint? Not a ‘match’ that’s cheaper?

I've found this with farrow and ball in the past. You'd expect a slight difference, but I tried a cinder rose sample in DDs room and it looked absolutely nothing like the colour chart. Ditto some of the blues in another room

It looks like my kitchen, which DP calls Battle ship grey 🫠

Definitely De Nimes, downpipe is way darker

it looks like a light Downpipe, De Nimes is more Bluey green

I think it’s more like Down Pipe although maybe not quite as dark.

These are both Down Pipe on the same unit but the light is shining through slightly differently on the upper section. It’s F&B mixed rather than the real thing though,

Quite. When we were choosing a F&B colour we tried all four options on each of the four walls over several days. The variations on different walls, in different weather and times of day, were incredible.

But it’s much closer to De Nimes than Downpipe.

I think it’s down pipe and is lighter than it appears in the sample. I think the other one is far too blue to be the colour used.

Not exactly like either, closer to de nimes

Oval room blue...

Personally I think it looks like downpipe but with different lighting or is coming out lighter on the walls, it looks the same tone and it's not got enough blue in it to be de nimes

That looks like the op’s colour

I have downpipe in my bathroom which looks like your furniture colour. It’s lighter than you think for sure.

We used Downpipe on our stair bannisters and although I don't mind it it's SO much lighter than expected and I think that's what has happened in your situation too. In hindsight I was probably after something like Railings.

In the photo it’s De Nimes but I would easily believe it could be Downpipe in reality.

It’s neither! De Nimes is a soft teal. I have it in my cloakroom. It’s not a grey. Down pipe is a strong darker grey and your furniture isn’t that either. I think it’s a mixed standard colour they have fobbed you off with!

De Nimes

I think a better comparison would be to cut the 2 colours side by side against the item.

Paint can be very different under different lights. B&Q have different light boxes to put the swatch card in and the differences are quite stark.

Nothing at all useful to add but I would love to have been in the product design meeting with who ever came up with Downpipe for the name of a paint colour 🤣

Very difficult to tell due to lighting.

(...anthracite, liver, sprout, ketchup, balaclava, bandage.....)

Yes, they used to be proper, separate bits of card stuck on. Now they are printed onto shiny card and look awful.