Farrow & Ball · No. 59 · Whites
Farrow & Ball
New White
Sherwin-Williams
Morning Sun
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 · 330
Silent White - Mid
Closescore 3.13
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 29
Beauvais Lilac
Closescore 3.20
Option 3 · 1
China Clay
Similarscore 4.25
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 913
Windsor Cream
Near identicalscore 0.60
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · OC-101
Desolate
Near identicalscore 0.60
Option 3 · 127
Peach Pie
Near identicalscore 0.72
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6672
Morning Sun
Near identicalscore 0.43
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · SW 7556
Crème
Near identicalscore 0.70
Option 3 · SW 7559
Décor White
Near identicalscore 0.97
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3004-8C
Estate Vanilla
Near identicalscore 0.58
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 7002-24
Basket
Near identicalscore 0.93
Option 3 · 7003-17
Powder Soft
Near identicalscore 0.96
North American colour card.
Closest · 1090-1
Magnolia Blossom
Near identicalscore 0.44
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1207-2
Golden Mushroom
Near identicalscore 0.46
Option 3 · 1089-2
Magnolia Spray
Very closescore 1.39
North American colour card.
Closest · M280-2
Lunaria
Near identicalscore 0.94
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · HDC-NT-11A
Warm Marshmallow
Very closescore 1.21
Option 3 · S300-1
French Creme
Very closescore 1.41
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6156
Marble Dust
Near identicalscore 0.94
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · DEC763
Oatmeal Cookie
Very closescore 1.08
Option 3 · DEC762
Milkweed
Very closescore 1.34
From the trade
Paint New 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 New 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.