Farrow and Ball paint, is it worth it?

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Considering using their dayroom yellow and wimborne white for bedroom. Never used F&B before, don't mind paying more if it's actually really good quality etc.

No, look at Little Greene or Benjamin Moore. Similar price to FB but much better.

Get valspar to colour match it

I think so, my whole house is F and B. I’ve just bought 4 tins of Farrow’s cream today to freshen up the sitting room during the coming snow 😊

The colours change slightly depending on time of day etc.

It is £50 a tin tho so I definitely recommend that you get a few testers, paint some sheets of A4 and blue tax them up to see what you think before splurging.

I personally don’t think colour matching gives the same depth of pigment,others may disagree 😁

The colours are nice but the finish can be tricky and I don't find F&B that durable. We used Little Greene for the kitchen very recently and found it far superior.

Nope. It wears really quickly and is not worth the money. Get a paint the professionals use Johnstone's/ Valspar and colour match.

Yes. Colour matching isn't the same, you won't get the same changeability in the light or intensity of pigment.

I've had 2 houses in F&B and not found it wearing a problem, and I've even had the floorpaint.

I found F&B application horrible. Last 2 houses have stuck with Little Greene and love it.

I think it's overpriced designer paint & the quality does not match up to the price at all. Quite simply, you can get better for less.

Used F&B for one room, don't really like it. Didn't paint on well. Used Mylands for rest of the place, and really recommend. Thick paint, matt, barely needed a second coat

I think little greene is much better, really thick paint that goes on easily.

Honestly? No I got my last lot colour matched in the valspar 800 matt and I can’t tell the difference between that and the actual farrow ans ball.

@Mumblechum0

I personally don’t think colour matching gives the same depth of pigment,others may disagree 😁

Completely agree! We colour matched once, and never again!

No, save your money.
I’ve used it in two rooms. One room it’s marked so badly and when you wipe it it makes it worse. And in another room the paint just comes off if anything touches the wall.
I will say the colours are beautiful and the finish looks lovely when you first do it, but it’s just not practical in everyday living environments. I would just have them colours matched in the future.

The floor paint I found great. Painting the walls with F&B was hell, though. I wouldn't do it again.

Look at Vintage - it is beautiful paint, UK made and eco-friendly

We had some rooms painted professionally pre-covid. He recommended colour matching F&B and getting a silk finish. He said the quality of F&B is crap.

Snobs like farrow and ball because they think it sounds posh and it costs 3 times more than normal paint. Dulux is more hard wearing and covers a lot better.

Get a sample then get it colour matched by Johnstones for a far superior formulation if you like F&B colours.

I've got Johnstone's colour matched Borrowed Light in the room that's been my home office for almost a year. Went on like a dream and the colour is excellent.

Nope.

You can now by Benjamin Moore in the UK. Their Scuffix formulation is great if you have kids. Lots of good colours. Name checked frequently on Pinterest if you want to browse popular colours people have used in their houses.

@happytoday73

Get valspar to colour match it

Or a Crown Decorating Centre. They will colour match any brand of paint.

OP I've got done F&B in our hall and it's dreadfully marked. I'm looking at Little Greene paints - what finish do PP recommend for that please?

We’ve just discovered Lick paint and it’s brilliant. Coverage great and love the colours

I’ve always found Farrow and Ball good. Colour matched once and it was nothing like it.