Farrow & Ball · No. 267 · Greys
Farrow & Ball
Dove Tale
PPG
City Street
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 · 3
Light Peachblossom
Similarscore 4.24
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 143
Rolling Fog
Nearest availablescore 6.59
Option 3 · 213
Dorchester Pink
Nearest availablescore 7.70
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 2107-50
Sandlot Gray
Very closescore 1.96
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 2109-50
Elephant Gray
Very closescore 1.96
Option 3 · 1005
Hazelwood
Closescore 2.68
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6037
Temperate Taupe
Very closescore 1.73
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 7023
Requisite Gray
Closescore 2.54
Option 3 · SW 0021
Queen Anne Lilac
Closescore 2.59
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 4002-1B
London Coach
Very closescore 1.32
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 4001-1B
Winter Calm
Closescore 2.75
Option 3 · 1002-10B
Seagull Beach
Closescore 2.99
North American colour card.
Closest · 1018-3
City Street
Very closescore 1.28
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1005-4
Slate Pebble
Very closescore 1.93
Option 3 · 1006-4
Mercurial
Closescore 2.31
North American colour card.
Closest · 770B-4
Classic
Very closescore 1.86
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · PPU18-12
Graceful Gray
Closescore 2.07
Option 3 · MQ2-55
Park Avenue
Closescore 2.27
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6059
Chocolate Milk
Closescore 2.59
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DEC751
Ash Gray
Closescore 2.99
Option 3 · DEC770
Drifting
Closescore 3.11
From the trade
Paint Dove Tale 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 Dove Tale, 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.
Dove Tale 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.