Farrow & Ball · CC4 · Greens
Farrow & Ball
Palm
Behr
Biking Trail
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 · 99
Salix
Very closescore 1.69
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 284
Aquamarine Mid
Similarscore 3.73
Option 3 · 100
Pearl Colour
Similarscore 4.61
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · HC-140
Prescott Green
Very closescore 1.62
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 443
Desert Green
Closescore 2.04
Option 3 · HC-120
Van Alen Green
Closescore 2.12
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6449
Topiary Tint
Closescore 2.41
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · SW 6442
Supreme Green
Closescore 3.33
Option 3 · SW 6456
Slow Green
Similarscore 3.54
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 5006-3B
Wedding Mint
Very closescore 1.74
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 5008-3B
Spearmint Shale
Closescore 2.37
Option 3 · 5007-3B
Mellow Spring
Closescore 2.85
North American colour card.
Closest · 1124-3
Frosty Pine
Very closescore 1.98
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 10-30
Niagara Mist
Closescore 2.78
Option 3 · 1121-3
Pale Moss Green
Closescore 3.04
North American colour card.
Closest · N350-3
Biking Trail
Near identicalscore 0.88
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · BNC-04
Comforting Gray
Very closescore 1.18
Option 3 · N370-3
Light Year
Closescore 2.04
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5653
Green Lane
Very closescore 1.88
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DEC783
Opaline
Closescore 3.01
Option 3 · DE6283
Granite
Closescore 3.11
From the trade
Paint Palm 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 Palm, 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.