Farrow & Ball · No. 220 · Blues
Farrow & Ball
Pitch Blue
Dunn-Edwards
Ocean Night
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 · 278
Pale Lupin
Similarscore 4.53
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 112
Mambo
Nearest availablescore 8.75
Option 3 · 251
Woad
Nearest availablescore 9.11
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 825
Blue Nova
Closescore 2.61
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 832
Blue Heron
Closescore 3.30
Option 3 · 1427
French Violet
Closescore 3.48
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6817
Gentian
Similarscore 4.74
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · SW 6544
Mesmerize
Nearest availablescore 5.13
Option 3 · SW 6537
Luxe Blue
Nearest availablescore 5.75
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 4003-6C
Waterloo
Similarscore 4.04
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 4002-6C
Celestial Mystery
Similarscore 4.82
Option 3 · 4003-8C
Indigo
Nearest availablescore 5.13
North American colour card.
Closest · 1168-6
Grape Haze
Very closescore 1.82
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1167-6
Blueberry Patch
Closescore 2.43
Option 3 · 1170-6
Wild Wisteria
Similarscore 3.62
North American colour card.
Closest · MQ5-7
Little Theater
Similarscore 4.00
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · N100-5
Plush Velvet
Similarscore 4.39
Option 3 · 660F-6
Peruvian Violet
Similarscore 4.79
North American colour card.
Closest · DE5901
Ocean Night
Very closescore 1.65
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · DE5915
Champion Blue
Closescore 2.88
Option 3 · DE5929
Purple Daze
Nearest availablescore 5.47
From the trade
Paint Pitch Blue 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 Pitch Blue, 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.