Farrow & Ball · No. 43 · Reds and browns
Farrow & Ball
Eating Room Red
Behr
Pompeian Red
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 · 6
Ashes of Roses
Nearest availablescore 5.20
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 140
Tuscan Red
Nearest availablescore 7.11
Option 3 · 13
Mischief
Nearest availablescore 11.01
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1274
Warm Earth
Near identicalscore 0.88
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1295
Hearth Red
Very closescore 1.73
Option 3 · CW-245
St. George Red
Very closescore 1.75
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 0006
Toile Red
Closescore 2.46
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · SW 0033
Rembrandt Ruby
Closescore 2.86
Option 3 · SW 6306
Cordial
Similarscore 3.82
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 2002-5A
Decadent Red
Closescore 3.11
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 1008-5A
Muted Red
Closescore 3.33
Option 3 · 2001-7A
Remember Me Red
Similarscore 4.05
North American colour card.
Closest · 13-10
Candy Apple
Closescore 2.95
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 13-02
Cherokee Red
Closescore 3.34
Option 3 · 13-12
Crazed Cranberry
Closescore 3.34
North American colour card.
Closest · PPU1-08
Pompeian Red
Near identicalscore 0.86
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · PPU1-10
Forbidden Red
Closescore 2.50
Option 3 · MQ1-9
Haute Couture
Closescore 2.79
North American colour card.
Closest · DEA149
Spiced Berry
Similarscore 4.00
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · DEA152
Deep Crimson
Similarscore 4.36
Option 3 · DE5097
Red Rock
Nearest availablescore 5.08
From the trade
Paint Eating Room Red 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 Eating Room Red, 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.