Farrow & Ball · No. 71 · Yellows
Farrow & Ball
Pale Hound
Benjamin Moore
Woven Jacquard
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 · 87
Acorn
Nearest availablescore 5.81
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 49
First Light
Nearest availablescore 5.86
Option 3 · 269
Green Stone Light
Nearest availablescore 5.87
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 254
Woven Jacquard
Very closescore 1.40
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · CW-410
Chamber Yellow
Very closescore 1.55
Option 3 · 206
Summer Harvest
Very closescore 1.57
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6693
Lily
Closescore 2.10
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · SW 6686
Lemon Chiffon
Closescore 2.41
Option 3 · SW 6701
Moonraker
Closescore 2.42
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 6008-5B
Heart of Palm
Very closescore 1.73
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 3005-8C
Pale Maize
Closescore 2.00
Option 3 · 3006-6C
Demure Yellow
Closescore 2.56
North American colour card.
Closest · 1109-1
Slices Of Happy
Very closescore 1.71
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1109-2
Star Bright
Very closescore 1.92
Option 3 · 1108-3
Butter Cookie
Closescore 2.68
North American colour card.
Closest · PPU9-13
Yellow Wax Pepper
Very closescore 1.55
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · M320-3
Brushstroke
Very closescore 1.78
Option 3 · 360E-2
Castle Stone
Closescore 2.00
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5484
Limesicle
Closescore 2.69
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE5456
Sandy Shore
Closescore 2.72
Option 3 · DE5442
Candle in the Wind
Closescore 2.99
From the trade
Paint Pale Hound 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 Pale Hound, 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.