Farrow & Ball · No. 272 · Greys
Farrow & Ball
Plummett
Little Greene
Mid Lead Colour
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 · 114
Mid Lead Colour
Very closescore 1.22
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 117
Lead Colour
Nearest availablescore 6.02
Option 3 · 233
Serpentine
Nearest availablescore 7.31
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · CSP-20
Wall Street
Closescore 2.10
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · AF-705
Cinder
Closescore 2.82
Option 3 · AF-710
Secret
Closescore 2.86
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 7670
Gray Shingle
Closescore 2.32
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · SW 7669
Summit Gray
Closescore 2.50
Option 3 · SW 0077
Classic French Gray
Closescore 2.67
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 4004-2A
Grey Suit
Very closescore 1.76
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 4008-2A
City Storm
Closescore 2.84
Option 3 · 4003-2A
Cathedral Stone
Closescore 3.07
North American colour card.
Closest · 1009-5
Phoenix Fossil
Very closescore 1.58
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1002-5
Antique Silver
Very closescore 1.77
Option 3 · 1010-5
Downpour
Very closescore 1.80
North American colour card.
Closest · HDC-AC-19
Grant Gray
Very closescore 1.53
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 780F-5
Anonymous
Closescore 2.68
Option 3 · 780B-5
Cheyenne Rock
Closescore 2.93
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6376
Looking Glass
Closescore 2.21
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6362
Storm Cloud
Similarscore 4.43
Option 3 · DE6368
Walrus
Similarscore 4.74
From the trade
Paint Plummett 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 Plummett, 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.
Plummett is close to neutral, so almost any colour will sit beside it. These have enough character to show.
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.