Farrow & Ball · CC2 · Whites
Farrow & Ball
Sand
Benjamin Moore
Muslin
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 · 29
Beauvais Lilac
Very closescore 1.95
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 269
Green Stone Light
Closescore 2.41
Option 3 · 319
Travertine
Similarscore 3.51
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1037
Muslin
Near identicalscore 0.44
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · CSP-250
Dulce de Leche
Very closescore 1.01
Option 3 · 951
Pale Almond
Very closescore 1.16
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6119
Antique White
Very closescore 1.28
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 6126
Navajo White
Very closescore 1.55
Option 3 · SW 7565
Oyster Bar
Very closescore 1.66
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3004-10C
Lovely Bluff
Near identicalscore 0.92
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 7003-10
Drumskin
Very closescore 1.68
Option 3 · 7003-2
Unforgettable
Very closescore 1.70
North American colour card.
Closest · 1085-2
Bone White
Near identicalscore 0.93
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1103-2
Almond Paste
Near identicalscore 0.99
Option 3 · 12-13
Camel Tan
Very closescore 1.31
North American colour card.
Closest · PPU7-17
Wax Sculpture
Very closescore 1.03
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · MQ3-17
Chartreuse Frost
Very closescore 1.09
Option 3 · HDC-NT-15
Rococo Beige
Very closescore 1.10
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6191
Exclusive Ivory
Near identicalscore 0.53
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · DE6171
Sand Dollar
Very closescore 1.06
Option 3 · DE6198
Cream Wave
Very closescore 1.38
From the trade
Paint Sand 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 Sand, 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.