I know F&B has been done to death but bear with - a true dark navy

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We have a little spare bedroom ( 3 bed house ) and Dh has just retired so "his room" - I agree with this. Bike on a stand - IKEA Hemnes bed for visitors - it works as a multipurpose room.

Can anyone tell me what they think is the truest navy blue . The room ( although small has two windows - so a lot of natural light. )

I'm not that fussed about it being F&B I just want a really proper dark navy blue without any hint of green or grey. I know it is fashionable but I don't mind about that - this is a small room so easily painted over if needs be & it will go with the blinds ( which I am not so keen to replace. ) Not been decorated for 10 years and it is slipper Satin at the moment - I think this could be my way of testing out bolder colours .

We have plimsoll from Paint &Paper Library in our kitchen, on the cabinets. I think it’s true Navy, and we tried a lot.

We did my daughters in Dulux Sapphire Salute and it's a gorgeous deep navy blue.

Another vote here for sapphire salute
It's actually a little richer than navy but it's a lovely colour on the wall and everyone comments. Not bored of it after 3 years!

Hague Blue is a very dark Navy.

Thank you all - I will be investigating those

Much appreciated - thank you all for answering.

I love little green's Royal Navy.

I have used Dunelm's Folkestone Blue which is a nice dark blue, but they also have one called Luxe Navy which is darker. I found it to be nice, thick paint.

I’ve got F&B Stiffkey, which is a true navy in the room I have it in.

We've just done our bathroom in navy and none of the F&B blues worked for us. Stiffkey was more blue than navy and Hague had a teal tint. We went with Little Greene Hicks Blue and it looks great!

I read F&B as FWB, so post a little tamer than I was expecting 🤣

Not stiff key! But it might be dependent on the room you have it in.

Hague blue is very navy in my front room, even with the sun shining.

Hague Blue is divine but has a strong teal tint in our house - we have a lot of it - so I definitely wouldn't call it a true navy, or at least, only in certain lights.

Like most F&B paints, it changes a lot with the ambient light, so can be a totally different colour in morning daylight to evening electric lights. If that's not what you want, I would look at other ranges.

Here’s the plimsoll on my cabinets.

Sapphire Salute sounds perfect, I love it. The plimsol above is a lot greyer.

Here's Sapphire Salute in dc's bedroom.

I do like the plimsoll though as a colour!

I’d say from your picture @Choconut that the sapphire salute is tending more towards a Royal Blue than a navy. The picture I posted is, of course, affected by the light in the room, but I honestly can’t see any grey in it at all.

As you know OP, all you can do is try testers. At least the recommendations will narrow it down a bit so you know you’re not wasting money on a tester that has green undertones and that you will know is not what you are looking from the second you apply it. That’s always so frustrating! I gave away all my blue testers on Facebook Marketplace to a local person also seeking the perfect blue!

Dulux Breton Blue or Little Green Deep Space Blue.

We have Dulux Heritage Oxford Blue in our living room and it is a very deep navy, almost bordering on purple tones but not quite. I love it, it has a very velvety deep look on the wall.
We have F&B Stiffkey blue in our upstairs study and it's much lighter, I wouldn't describe it as navy really but I know it looks very different in different lights!

F&B railings is true navy to my mind, the colours above are more French navy

Valspar! Monsoon Night

This is where perception and description of colour is so variable! I would describe Railings as black in many settings, with blue undertones only in some lights.

@Notamum12345577 Ha ha - owing to my advanced age I am tragically more interested in paint colours than FWB - I am sorry to disappoint you - but you made me rather chortle - thank you

Thank you all. Interesting to see that some have a teal tint - this ( personally ) is what I do not want - I want a proper dark navy.

I have not had time to look at all but from a quick skim three are so many to look at and as @AndiOliversFan says all I can do now is to get tester pots.

So @FTM2022SS Valspar Monsoon night would look light to me but it looks like what I am looking for on the picture of the wall you posted . & to @Choconut from your photo that looks like what I aiming for and @AndiOliversFan that plimsoll looks like the ticket from the photo.

But thank you one and all for helping me get a short list - I very very much appreciate it. I am going to read through again and make a list for testers. I know that you can't really decide before you put a bit up on the wall and see how it works with the light you have in the room but it has been so helpful to hear people's views so if I have not mentioned you by name - I am grateful nonetheless

Very much thank you all

basilisk x

Ha ha yes, FWB Stiffy is a completely different kettle of fish to F&B Stiffkey