Farrow & Ball · No. 233 · Yellows
Farrow & Ball
Dayroom Yellow
Sherwin-Williams
Venetian Yellow
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 · 148
Carys
Nearest availablescore 5.98
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 135
Sunlight
Nearest availablescore 6.86
Option 3 · 337
Giallo
Nearest availablescore 7.35
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 311
Squish-Squash
Very closescore 1.38
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 290
Fresh Butter
Very closescore 1.41
Option 3 · 297
Golden Honey
Very closescore 1.58
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 1666
Venetian Yellow
Near identicalscore 0.79
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · SW 6900
Optimistic Yellow
Closescore 2.02
Option 3 · SW 6908
Fun Yellow
Closescore 2.50
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3006-4A
Late Day Sun
Very closescore 1.00
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 3005-4A
Toasted Oat
Very closescore 1.26
Option 3 · 3005-2A
Like Butter
Very closescore 1.48
North American colour card.
Closest · FLLW785
Wright Cornfield Tan
Very closescore 1.68
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1211-4
Twinkle Little Star
Very closescore 1.78
Option 3 · 1214-4
Butterfly Bush
Closescore 2.26
North American colour card.
Closest · 360C-2
Wickerware
Very closescore 1.54
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · P270-3
Sunflower Seed
Very closescore 1.71
Option 3 · 310A-3
Manila Tint
Closescore 2.10
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5380
Durango Dust
Very closescore 1.24
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DEC732
Aspen Yellow
Very closescore 1.37
Option 3 · DE5304
Sun Drenched
Very closescore 1.55
From the trade
Paint Dayroom Yellow 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 Dayroom Yellow, 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.