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

@StrawberrySquash Get testers or A4 card with colours. These are accurate. Just a tiny 1 inch square is useless.

Yes, when you have narrowed down colours. But at stage one I want a big range! Would never paint a whole room on the basis of a half inch square, fear not!

I usually have a small range as I know the basic look I want. It’s just which “shade”.

It can look quite different in different lights as these photos show OP.
https://www.farrow-ball.com/ie/paint/down-pipe

It’s closer to De Nimes than Downpipe which is much darker.

Tbf this looks like the dark tones undercoat....are you sure they put the final colour on ?

It was meant to be Down Pipe. I think it looks more like De Nimes. In any case, it's much bluer/ lighter than I was expecting :(

Did they use actual F&B paint, or just colour match it?

It looks like Oval blue room.

If you have chosen Down Pipe I would say the outcome is really off no matter what light it is in. How disappointing!

Oval room

I thought I posted yesterday... I do think it looks far more like Down Pipe. De Nimes is much bluer. It's a different shade though, as you say. Do you feel any differently about it today??

Or Dead Salmon!

Can you post pictures with the sample cards flat against the furniture, rather than at right angles to it? It makes it much harder to tell the colour as the light falls so differently.

Definitely not De Nimes from your photo. It’s too grey. Looks like a standard grey paint they have tried to colour match and it’s wrong. Certainly not Downpipe.

Denimes

Down pipe can look a lot lighter depending on the light.

Agree, it doesn't seem to quite match either.

It’s impossible to tell from your photos. The piece of furniture doesn’t even look the same colour between the two pictures. It does look more like De Nimes but hopefully you didn’t choose the colour just based on what was on the sample card. Did you have a tester pot and paint some on a larger piece of board or even paper to check?

There was a limited palette of options. I chose Down Pipe. De Nimes was also an option (which I didn't consider - as too blue for the room it's going in) as was Railings (which I discounted as too black). I thought Down Pipe would be more of an antricite colour as that's what it looks like on F&B colour card. It's a lot lighter/ bluer than I was expecting and looks a lot closer, out of the options they offer, to De Nimes than any of the others (inc. Down Pipe!). It still looks nice - just not the shade we were after!

@FlappicusSmith

Neither. This is my job.

is it hand painted or sprayed painted? Spray paint because of the ultra smooth finish gives a slight difference in the colour that you see on the chart.

butnin this case, it s wrong as it is neither. Which ine did you want?

@FlappicusSmith There’s no substitute for tester pots or cards really. Better than a mistake.