Farrow & Ball · No. 276 · Greys
Farrow & Ball
Mole's Breath
Benjamin Moore
Eagle Rock
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 · 114
Mid Lead Colour
Similarscore 4.53
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 117
Lead Colour
Nearest availablescore 5.72
Option 3 · 40
Silt
Nearest availablescore 6.32
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1469
Eagle Rock
Very closescore 1.07
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · CC-546
Metropolis
Very closescore 1.07
Option 3 · 2111-40
Taos Taupe
Closescore 2.01
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 7018
Dovetail
Very closescore 1.84
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 0077
Classic French Gray
Closescore 2.71
Option 3 · SW 6004
Mink
Similarscore 4.13
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 6004-2B
Mountain Smoke
Closescore 2.03
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 4002-2B
Dusty Lead
Closescore 2.67
Option 3 · 6005-2B
Seine
Closescore 2.69
North American colour card.
Closest · 1006-5
So Sublime
Very closescore 1.07
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1005-5
Elephant Gray
Very closescore 1.86
Option 3 · 1019-5
Wild Wilderness
Closescore 2.95
North American colour card.
Closest · BNC-22
Chocolate Chiffon
Closescore 2.22
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · PPU18-17
Suede Gray
Closescore 2.45
Option 3 · HDC-NT-23
Wet Cement
Closescore 2.50
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6389
Fallen Rock
Closescore 3.16
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6376
Looking Glass
Closescore 3.31
Option 3 · DE6362
Storm Cloud
Nearest availablescore 5.28
From the trade
Paint Mole's Breath 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 Mole's Breath, 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.
Mole's Breath 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.