Farrow & Ball · No. 245 · Whites
Farrow & Ball
Middleton Pink
Benjamin Moore
Touch of Pink
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 · 139
Chemise
Closescore 3.42
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 274
Confetti
Nearest availablescore 5.13
Option 3 · 220
Pink Slip
Nearest availablescore 5.16
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 2008-70
Touch of Pink
Near identicalscore 0.40
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 2009-70
Powder Pink
Near identicalscore 0.47
Option 3 · 2002-70
Pink Cadillac
Very closescore 1.37
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6295
Demure
Similarscore 4.48
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · SW 6309
Charming Pink
Similarscore 4.51
Option 3 · SW 6589
Alyssum
Similarscore 4.80
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 7001-3
Soft Stone
Very closescore 1.45
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 2001-4C
Pink Breeze
Very closescore 1.59
Option 3 · 1006-2C
Pink Wink
Very closescore 1.68
North American colour card.
Closest · 1189-1
Floral Linen
Closescore 2.03
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 1064-2
Pink Chablis
Closescore 2.44
Option 3 · 1184-1
Gaiety
Closescore 2.52
North American colour card.
Closest · RD-W4
Illuminated
Near identicalscore 0.64
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 240A-1
Parfait
Near identicalscore 0.78
Option 3 · M180-1
Island Hopping
Near identicalscore 0.98
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5112
Sheer Rosebud
Near identicalscore 0.57
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · DE5119
Pink Theory
Very closescore 1.04
Option 3 · DE5134
First Kiss
Very closescore 1.23
From the trade
Paint Middleton Pink 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 Middleton Pink, 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.