Farrow & Ball · CC3 · Yellows
Farrow & Ball
Citrona
Dunn-Edwards
Hay Day
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 · 135
Sunlight
Closescore 2.79
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 137
Apple
Similarscore 4.63
Option 3 · 337
Giallo
Nearest availablescore 5.55
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 390
Golden Delicious
Very closescore 1.02
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 277
Freedom Trail
Closescore 2.09
Option 3 · 285
Treasure Trove
Closescore 2.19
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 0073
Chartreuse
Very closescore 1.66
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 6702
Lively Yellow
Closescore 3.10
Option 3 · SW 6703
Frolic
Similarscore 3.74
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 6008-6A
Crushed Cumin
Closescore 2.40
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 3008-5C
Swiftly Green
Similarscore 3.68
Option 3 · 3007-3C
Island Sun
Similarscore 3.92
North American colour card.
Closest · 1110-3
Serene Scene
Closescore 2.29
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 11-03
Grassroots
Closescore 2.31
Option 3 · 1109-4
Citrus Yellow
Closescore 2.89
North American colour card.
Closest · 390D-5
Sea Kelp
Very closescore 1.64
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · M320-4
Abstract
Similarscore 3.55
Option 3 · 370D-4
Mustard Seed
Similarscore 4.02
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5479
Hay Day
Near identicalscore 0.92
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · DE5458
Marsh Field
Very closescore 1.99
Option 3 · DE5486
Tropical Moss
Closescore 2.10
From the trade
Paint Citrona 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 Citrona, 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.