Farrow & Ball · No. 88 · Greys
Farrow & Ball
Lamp Room Gray
Benjamin Moore
Gray Huskie
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
Nearest availablescore 5.88
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 143
Rolling Fog
Nearest availablescore 6.24
Option 3 · 78
Tracery II
Nearest availablescore 6.69
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1473
Gray Huskie
Very closescore 1.03
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · AC-26
Ozark Shadows
Very closescore 1.03
Option 3 · 1558
Fieldstone
Very closescore 1.64
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6198
Sensible Hue
Very closescore 1.41
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 2850
Chelsea Gray
Very closescore 1.86
Option 3 · SW 7658
Gray Clouds
Closescore 2.20
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 5007-1C
Coastal Jetty
Very closescore 1.69
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 6004-1B
Soulful Grey
Closescore 2.25
Option 3 · 4004-1B
Urban Sunrise
Closescore 3.22
North American colour card.
Closest · 1007-3
Ghost Writer
Closescore 2.74
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 1007-4
Hot Stone
Closescore 2.78
Option 3 · 1008-3
Greyhound
Closescore 2.78
North American colour card.
Closest · UL200-7
Silver Tinsel
Very closescore 1.09
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 790D-4
Granite Boulder
Very closescore 1.31
Option 3 · UL260-9
Ashes
Very closescore 1.92
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6277
Pebble Walk
Closescore 2.64
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6228
Play on Gray
Closescore 2.79
Option 3 · DE6242
Wells Gray
Similarscore 3.99
From the trade
Paint Lamp Room Gray 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 Lamp Room Gray, 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.
Lamp Room Gray 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.