Farrow & Ball · No. 84 · Greens
Farrow & Ball
Green Blue
Behr
Zen
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 · 101
Celestial Blue
Similarscore 3.56
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 99
Salix
Nearest availablescore 5.85
Option 3 · 138
Aquamarine
Nearest availablescore 6.10
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 696
Pleasant Valley
Very closescore 1.11
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 703
Catalina Blue
Very closescore 1.45
Option 3 · HC-143
Wythe Blue
Very closescore 1.45
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6212
Quietude
Very closescore 1.24
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 6471
Hazel
Closescore 3.09
Option 3 · SW 6457
Kind Green
Closescore 3.29
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 5003-3C
April Thicket
Very closescore 1.13
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 5005-4A
Ballroom Dancing
Closescore 3.32
Option 3 · 5004-5B
Tranquil Bay
Closescore 3.33
North American colour card.
Closest · 1135-4
Aquamarine Dream
Very closescore 1.88
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1134-4
Pine Whisper
Closescore 2.53
Option 3 · 10-29
Dusty Aqua
Closescore 2.60
North American colour card.
Closest · PPU11-14
Zen
Near identicalscore 0.89
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · BNC-06
Urban Putty
Very closescore 1.49
Option 3 · N360-3
Still Gray
Closescore 2.08
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6284
Graceful Green
Closescore 2.82
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6297
Patina Creek
Closescore 2.85
Option 3 · DE5717
Pistachio Ice Cream
Closescore 3.16
From the trade
Paint Green Blue 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 Green Blue, 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.