Farrow & Ball’s drawing room colours are more than paint—they’re a legacy of refined elegance. Chosen by discerning tastemakers, these hues transform spaces into timeless sanctuaries that exude warmth and sophistication.
Signature Drawing Room Palettes
Farrow & Ball’s most revered drawing room colours include deep, moody tones like "Terracotta Red", serene greys such as "Hearthstone", and soft earthy neutrals like "Slate Grey". Each shade is carefully formulated to enhance natural light while creating a calm, inviting atmosphere that elevates any interior design style.
Creating Depth with Texture and Layers
Beyond single colours, Farrow & Ball excels in layering – combining matte and softly glossy finishes to add dimension. This approach brings depth to walls, making small rooms feel spacious and richly textured, perfect for drawing rooms meant to inspire conversation and comfort.
Timeless Appeal for Modern Living
While rooted in heritage, Farrow & Ball’s colours remain strikingly modern. Their muted yet luminous tones harmonize with contemporary furnishings and minimalist aesthetics, ensuring your drawing room stays both elegant and relevant across decades.
Choosing Farrow & Ball drawing room colours is an investment in lasting beauty. Let these expertly curated palettes define your space with quiet sophistication—where every wall tells a story of timeless design. Transform your drawing room today.
Drawing Room Blue has a clean blue hue and graphic feel that works particularly well in formal rooms within the home. Available in. Struggling with the Farrow & Ball colour chart? We've gathered our favourite Farrow and Ball paint colours in real homes so you can see exactly what they look like in situ.
Farrow and Ball's traditional salon blue, this colours clean hue is reminiscent of the pigment cobalt, used by artists and discerning decorators ever since its discovery in the 19th century. These are the closest paint color matches to Drawing Room Blue by Farrow & Ball from Behr, Benjamin Moore, PPG, Sherwin-Williams, Valspar. Modern Eggshell 40% sheen, "Highly Durable, Mid Sheen, Washable" - Modern Eggshell is Farrow and Ball's toughest interior finish, adding lasting colour and protection to interior wood, metal and concrete.
It's even tough enough for floors and kitchen cabinets. A clean blue hue This rich blue is less purple than Pitch Blue and livelier than navy Stiffkey Blue. Inspired by the formal rooms to which ladies would traditionally retire after dinner, Drawing Room Blue has a clean, graphic feel that works particularly well alongside Pitch Black and Incarnadine.
When contrasted with All White on woodwork, it gains a regal edge, looking deeper and more intense. Farrow & Ball Drawing Room Blue / 253 / #2e3548 Hex Color Code The hexadecimal color code #2e3548 is a dark shade of blue. In the RGB color model #2e3548 is composed of 18.04% red, 20.78% green and 28.24% blue.
In the HSL color space #2e3548 has a hue of 224° (degrees), 22% saturation and 23% lightness. The shade: Farrow & Ball are known for their blues, from the deep dark moods of Hague Blue to the vibrant seaside. We handcraft our paint with the finest ingredients for a deeper, richer look and an extraordinary response to light.
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