Farrow & Ball · No. 79 · Greens
Farrow & Ball
Card Room Green
Benjamin Moore
Carolina Gull
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 · 296
Windmill Lane
Similarscore 4.12
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 117
Lead Colour
Nearest availablescore 6.19
Option 3 · 233
Serpentine
Nearest availablescore 7.00
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 2138-40
Carolina Gull
Very closescore 1.67
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 2140-40
Storm Cloud Gray
Closescore 3.12
Option 3 · CSP-800
Secret Path
Closescore 3.39
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 9129
Jade Dragon
Closescore 2.84
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · SW 9130
Evergreen Fog
Similarscore 3.78
Option 3 · SW 9131
Cornwall Slate
Similarscore 4.22
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 5003-2A
Cottage Lattice Green
Closescore 2.48
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 5006-4B
Ginkgo Tree
Closescore 3.30
Option 3 · 5004-2A
Tuscan Olive
Similarscore 4.19
North American colour card.
Closest · 1033-5
Gray Heron
Closescore 3.23
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 1128-5
Green Tea Leaf
Closescore 3.37
Option 3 · 1031-4
Restoration
Closescore 3.44
North American colour card.
Closest · QE-45
Thistle
Very closescore 1.74
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · PPU11-17
Hillside Green
Closescore 2.74
Option 3 · N200-5
Woodcraft
Closescore 3.40
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6278
Stone Creek
Closescore 2.52
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6285
Linden Spear
Similarscore 3.69
Option 3 · DE6271
Elemental Green
Similarscore 4.15
From the trade
Paint Card Room Green 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 Card Room Green, 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.