Farrow & Ball · No. 3 · Neutrals and stones
Farrow & Ball
Off-White
Benjamin Moore
Cream Fleece
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 · 29
Beauvais Lilac
Closescore 2.31
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 269
Green Stone Light
Closescore 2.55
Option 3 · 319
Travertine
Closescore 3.12
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 233
Cream Fleece
Near identicalscore 0.61
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1037
Muslin
Near identicalscore 0.81
Option 3 · CSP-250
Dulce de Leche
Near identicalscore 0.82
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6155
Rice Grain
Very closescore 1.18
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 7565
Oyster Bar
Very closescore 1.37
Option 3 · SW 6148
Wool Skein
Very closescore 1.59
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3004-10C
Lovely Bluff
Very closescore 1.23
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 6007-1B
Milestone
Very closescore 1.67
Option 3 · 6007-3B
Fennel Splash
Very closescore 1.70
North American colour card.
Closest · 1103-2
Almond Paste
Very closescore 1.44
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1085-2
Bone White
Very closescore 1.52
Option 3 · 1097-3
Toasted Almond
Very closescore 1.57
North American colour card.
Closest · PPU4-12
Natural Almond
Near identicalscore 0.96
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · PPU7-17
Wax Sculpture
Very closescore 1.17
Option 3 · MQ2-31
Scribe
Very closescore 1.26
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6171
Sand Dollar
Near identicalscore 0.74
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · DE6191
Exclusive Ivory
Very closescore 1.00
Option 3 · DE6198
Cream Wave
Very closescore 1.89
From the trade
Paint Off-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 Off-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.