Farrow & Ball · No. 228 · Greys
Farrow & Ball
Cornforth White
Behr
Toasty Gray
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 · 113
French Grey
Similarscore 3.97
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 142
Mushroom
Nearest availablescore 6.07
Option 3 · 143
Rolling Fog
Nearest availablescore 6.12
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · AF-680
Wish
Near identicalscore 0.59
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 2108-60
Abalone
Very closescore 1.34
Option 3 · 859
Collingwood
Very closescore 1.39
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 7634
Pediment
Near identicalscore 0.58
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · SW 7029
Agreeable Gray
Near identicalscore 0.97
Option 3 · SW 6071
Popular Gray
Near identicalscore 0.99
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 6005-1B
Villa Grey
Closescore 2.55
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 4002-1A
Modest Silver
Closescore 2.61
Option 3 · 4003-1B
Filtered Shade
Closescore 2.69
North American colour card.
Closest · 1002-3
Cool Slate
Near identicalscore 0.98
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1025-3
Whiskers
Very closescore 1.25
Option 3 · 1007-2
Swirling Smoke
Very closescore 1.33
North American colour card.
Closest · N320-2
Toasty Gray
Near identicalscore 0.54
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · PPU18-09
Burnished Clay
Near identicalscore 0.56
Option 3 · HDC-NT-20
Cotton Grey
Very closescore 1.05
North American colour card.
Closest · DEC786
Miner's Dust
Very closescore 1.05
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DE6227
Muslin
Closescore 2.27
Option 3 · DEC790
Ice Gray
Closescore 2.71
From the trade
Paint Cornforth White 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 Cornforth White, 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.
Cornforth White is close to neutral, so almost any colour will sit beside it. These have enough character to show.
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.