Farrow & Ball · No. 42 · Reds and browns
Farrow & Ball
Picture Gallery Red
Behr
Cajun Red
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 · 6
Ashes of Roses
Nearest availablescore 5.94
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 140
Tuscan Red
Nearest availablescore 8.27
Option 3 · 24
Heat
Nearest availablescore 11.14
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1203
Warm Sienna
Very closescore 1.24
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · CC-126
Covered Bridge
Very closescore 1.24
Option 3 · 035
Baked Clay
Closescore 2.09
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6327
Bold Brick
Very closescore 1.62
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 6333
Foxy
Closescore 2.17
Option 3 · SW 0040
Roycroft Adobe
Closescore 3.09
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 2010-7
Rare Sienna
Very closescore 1.56
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 2003-5A
Tropical Nut
Very closescore 1.88
Option 3 · 2001-5A
Toasted Cranberry
Closescore 2.41
North American colour card.
Closest · 16-31
Rich Clay
Closescore 2.35
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 16-29
Hunt Club Red
Closescore 2.84
Option 3 · 1056-6
Fire Weed
Closescore 3.20
North American colour card.
Closest · PPU2-15
Cajun Red
Near identicalscore 0.87
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · BIC-45
Airbrushed Copper
Closescore 2.41
Option 3 · MQ1-25
Kalahari Sunset
Closescore 2.62
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5118
BBQ
Closescore 3.14
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE5153
Iron Ore
Similarscore 4.11
Option 3 · DEA155
Arabian Red
Similarscore 4.18
From the trade
Paint Picture Gallery Red 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 Picture Gallery Red, 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.