Farrow & Ball · W5 · Yellows
Farrow & Ball
Orange Coloured White
Sherwin-Williams
Lemon Chiffon
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 · 49
First Light
Nearest availablescore 5.80
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 34
Stone-Pale-Warm
Nearest availablescore 6.26
Option 3 · 29
Beauvais Lilac
Nearest availablescore 6.34
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · AF-330
Soleil
Very closescore 1.03
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 303
Old World Romance
Very closescore 1.10
Option 3 · CC-216
Butter Milk
Very closescore 1.10
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6686
Lemon Chiffon
Near identicalscore 0.46
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · SW 6679
Full Moon
Very closescore 1.03
Option 3 · SW 6680
Friendly Yellow
Closescore 2.05
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3002-2C
Creamy Oat
Very closescore 1.25
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 3004-2C
Coconut Cream
Very closescore 1.31
Option 3 · 3006-6C
Demure Yellow
Very closescore 1.33
North American colour card.
Closest · 1210-2
Gentle Glow
Near identicalscore 0.60
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1204-3
Creamy Custard
Near identicalscore 0.83
Option 3 · 1205-3
Barely Butter
Very closescore 1.13
North American colour card.
Closest · 350E-3
Oklahoma Wheat
Near identicalscore 0.59
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · M320-3
Brushstroke
Very closescore 1.49
Option 3 · M300-2
Taj Mahal
Very closescore 1.52
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5372
Sheepskin
Very closescore 1.55
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DEC733
Solar Wind
Very closescore 1.64
Option 3 · DE5442
Candle in the Wind
Very closescore 1.64
From the trade
Paint Orange Coloured 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 Orange Coloured 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.