Farrow & Ball · No. 89 · Blues
Farrow & Ball
Lulworth Blue
PPG
Always Blue
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 · 249
Pale Wedgwood
Nearest availablescore 5.45
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 107
Bone China Blue
Nearest availablescore 5.97
Option 3 ·
Grey Stone
Nearest availablescore 7.32
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 837
Sheer Romance
Very closescore 1.51
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · CC-814
Glace Bay
Very closescore 1.51
Option 3 · CSP-550
Porcelain Glaze
Very closescore 1.74
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 9146
Faded Flaxflower
Closescore 2.80
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · SW 6240
Windy Blue
Closescore 2.81
Option 3 · SW 6514
Respite
Closescore 3.18
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 4006-3B
Palisade Blue
Very closescore 1.65
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 4005-3B
Glacier Mist
Closescore 2.97
Option 3 · 4007-5C
Memorybook Blue
Closescore 3.12
North American colour card.
Closest · 1156-3
Always Blue
Near identicalscore 0.83
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1159-3
Heavenly Blue
Near identicalscore 0.83
Option 3 · 1160-3
Rendezvous
Closescore 2.30
North American colour card.
Closest · 610F-5
Ridge View
Very closescore 1.92
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · HDC-CT-24
Rainy Sidewalk
Closescore 2.69
Option 3 · PPU14-10
Blue Suede
Closescore 3.03
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5870
Northern Pond
Very closescore 1.14
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DE5814
Anchors Away
Closescore 2.00
Option 3 · DE5821
Overcast Sky
Closescore 2.54
From the trade
Paint Lulworth 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 Lulworth 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.