Farrow & Ball · No. 271 · Purples
Farrow & Ball
Brassica
Behr
Cinema Screen
Lower score means closer. Under 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; over 5 is a different colour that sits in the same family.
British paint maker, widely stocked across the UK.
UK stockists
Closest · 114
Mid Lead Colour
Nearest availablescore 8.95
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 315
Nether Red
Nearest availablescore 9.44
Option 3 · 267
Blush
Nearest availablescore 11.74
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1448
Frozen in Time
Closescore 2.15
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · AF-600
Amorous
Similarscore 3.69
Option 3 · 1454
Sleepy Hollow
Similarscore 4.27
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6018
Enigma
Similarscore 3.72
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · SW 6270
Soulmate
Similarscore 4.21
Option 3 · SW 9156
Gris Morado
Similarscore 4.82
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 4001-4B
Classical Violet
Closescore 3.42
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 1001-7B
Simple Plum
Similarscore 4.69
Option 3 · 1002-7B
Plum Legacy
Similarscore 4.97
North American colour card.
Closest · 13-24
Magic Dust
Similarscore 4.16
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 1172-5
Tin Lizzie
Similarscore 4.43
Option 3 · 1004-5
Pewter Mug
Similarscore 4.57
North American colour card.
Closest · MQ1-32
Cinema Screen
Very closescore 1.62
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · N130-5
Mystere
Closescore 2.02
Option 3 · 730B-5
Warm Embrace
Closescore 2.18
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6389
Fallen Rock
Nearest availablescore 6.30
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · DE6396
Ashen Plum
Nearest availablescore 6.42
Option 3 · DE6012
Plumville
Nearest availablescore 6.44
From the trade
Paint Brassica and your chosen match on two boards in the same finish. A flat and an eggshell in one colour never look identical.
Check them on the darkest wall in the morning and again under your own lamps at night. That is where small differences show.
Give the merchant the brand, colour name and code shown here. It avoids the guesswork of a scanned match.
In your light
Pick the way your window faces and the time of day. The same paint can look like three different colours.
North light is steady but cool and grey. It pulls blues and greys colder and makes greens look heavier. Warm based colours hold up best.
An approximation of how light colour and strength shift a paint. Use it to narrow a shortlist, then paint a sample board and look at it at these same times.
Building a scheme
Worked out from undertone and depth, the way a decorator would put a scheme together. Paint samples side by side before you commit.
A pale colour from the same undertone as Brassica, so the ceiling does not look stark white against it.
One step lighter or darker on skirtings, doors and window boards. A tonal scheme is the easiest way to make a room feel finished.
A dark colour that sits under it. Use on a fireplace wall, an inside door, a kitchen island or a hall below the dado.
From the other side of the colour wheel, at a similar depth, for a door, a bookcase or a cushion. Use in small amounts.
Colour values are on screen approximations taken from published community colour libraries (Farrow & Ball; Farrow & Ball (cross check); Little Greene; Benjamin Moore; Sherwin-Williams, Valspar, PPG, Behr, Dunn-Edwards), compiled 2026-10-09. Scores use CIEDE2000. Screens, light and sheen all change how paint looks, so always check a physical sample. Aethos is not connected to any of the paint makers named here and all colour names belong to their owners.