Farrow & Ball · No. 1 · Whites
Farrow & Ball
Lime White
Benjamin Moore
Natural Wicker
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 · 269
Green Stone Light
Closescore 2.11
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 29
Beauvais Lilac
Closescore 2.28
Option 3 · 330
Silent White - Mid
Closescore 3.46
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 950
Natural Wicker
Near identicalscore 0.49
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · I-03
bone white
Near identicalscore 0.49
Option 3 · 1093
French White
Near identicalscore 0.54
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 7564
Polar Bear
Near identicalscore 0.51
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · SW 6133
Muslin
Near identicalscore 0.54
Option 3 · SW 2829
Classical White
Near identicalscore 0.84
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 7003-9
Malted Milk
Near identicalscore 0.67
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 6008-3A
Daybreak
Near identicalscore 0.94
Option 3 · 7003-2
Unforgettable
Very closescore 1.10
North American colour card.
Closest · 1098-2
Heavy Cream
Near identicalscore 0.76
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1103-2
Almond Paste
Near identicalscore 0.80
Option 3 · 1101-2
Navajo White
Very closescore 1.01
North American colour card.
Closest · MQ3-12
Ivory Paper
Near identicalscore 0.87
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · PPU8-14
Silky Bamboo
Near identicalscore 0.92
Option 3 · MQ3-17
Chartreuse Frost
Very closescore 1.07
North American colour card.
Closest · DEC772
Navajo White
Very closescore 1.27
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DE6191
Exclusive Ivory
Very closescore 1.36
Option 3 · DE6198
Cream Wave
Very closescore 1.44
From the trade
Paint Lime White 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 Lime White, 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.