Which F&B shade? Kitchen walls...

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Our new kitchen is all but finished so I've been busy with the tester pots, and I'm disappointed with my selections! Help please!

Kitchen is DIY Kitchens Altino Petrol Blue on the bottom, white wall units/work surfaces/hob & sink (so LOTS of white in the room). Big bay window and high ceilings with large white fancy cornice so very light.

We're 100% set on a Mole's Breath ceiling, and originally planned Cornforth White walls (although colour-matched Dulux Diamond for scrubbableness), but I've since thought a more bluey grey might be more interesting. Just put up Cornforth White and Light Blue and neither's right. Cornforth is better but feels a bit monochromatic, and light blue's too green.

Suggestions please? The other f&b blue-greys of the same sort of tone look quite pastelly, but what we want is something a bit more moody; think Norfolk beaches in November...

Mmm. I've picked out F&B anthracite for my walls- it's one step down from cornforth white so might be too pale though? Love mole's breath. We're doing the study in that.

I think Cornforth is about as pale as we're looking, but even that feels a bit too clean and white. I love Mole's Breath too though! It's the muddiness I like about it though. I wish there was a paler grey that's equally "dirty", if you know what I mean. I struggle to see the difference between neutral tones on colour charts :(

Have you looked at the Little Greene ranges instead of F&B?

You might like:

French grey dark: www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/neutral-paint/french-grey-dark

Gauze dark:
www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/neutral-paint/gauze-dark

Lead colour: www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/neutral-paint/lead-colour

Or any of the hundreds of others... I used to be an F&B fan but am now a complete convert to Little Greene, better colours and I find the paint quality far better and longer lasting than F&B

Ooh, that French Grey Dark is ace! The only reason I was limiting myself to F&B colours is i can get into a right tailspin with choice. I like to be limited so picked a range I liked and have stuck to it, mostly to save my sanity! Finish wise we'll using dulux diamond either way as we have no tiles, only upstands, and a toddler who's energetic with food!

That French Grey is a good muddy grey though; dp just suggested Drop Cloth which I guess is along the same lines... Will try a tester tomorrow.